CVE-2008-2117 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in pages/news.page.inc in Project Alumni 1.0.9 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the year parameter in a news action to index.php, a different vector than CVE-2007-6126.

Published: 2008-05-08

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 1.5% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:project_alumni:project_alumni:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-2114	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in pages/news.page.inc in Project Alumni 1.0.9 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the year parameter in a news action to index.php, a different vector than CVE-2007-6126.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01465.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3863
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491552/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29019
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42149

History

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Subscriptions

Project Alumni Project Alumni

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-05-08T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:49:57.564Z

Reserved: 2008-05-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-2117

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-05-08T16:20:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:53:08.163

Link: CVE-2008-2117

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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