PT-2008-5972 · Htmlarea+1 · Htmlarea Htmltidy+1

Published 2008-10-28 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-4761

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Kayako eSupport version 3.20.2

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the jsMakeSrc parameter in the html-tidy-logic.php file, which is part of the HTMLArea HTMLTidy plugin. This could potentially be exploited in the context of the Kayako eSupport application.

Recommendations For Kayako eSupport version 3.20.2, consider restricting access to the html-tidy-logic.php file or the HTMLArea HTMLTidy plugin to minimize the risk of exploitation until a fix is available. Avoid using the jsMakeSrc parameter in the affected plugin until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4761

Affected Products

Htmlarea Htmltidy

Kayako Esupport

References · 7

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/32527 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/31908.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4761 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/31908 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/27/6 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4761 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46097 · Note