CVE-2003-0615

Summary

CVECVE-2003-0615
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-08-27 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in start_form() of CGI.pm allows remote attackers to insert web script via a URL that is fed into the form's action parameter.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cgi.pm Cgi.pm 2.73 All All All
Application Cgi.pm Cgi.pm 2.74 All All All
Application Cgi.pm Cgi.pm 2.75 All All All
Application Cgi.pm Cgi.pm 2.751 All All All
Application Cgi.pm Cgi.pm 2.753 All All All
Application Cgi.pm Cgi.pm 2.76 All All All
Application Cgi.pm Cgi.pm 2.78 All All All
Application Cgi.pm Cgi.pm 2.79 All All All
Application Cgi.pm Cgi.pm 2.93 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.0 All alpha All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.0 All arm All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.0 All hppa All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.0 All ia-32 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.0 All ia-64 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.0 All m68k All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.0 All mips All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.0 All mipsel All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.0 All ppc All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.0 All s-390 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.0 All sparc All
Application Openpkg Openpkg 1.2 All All All
Application Openpkg Openpkg 1.3 All All All
Application Openpkg Openpkg current All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityTracker.com Archives - CGI.pm Library Input Validation Flaw Permits Remote Cross-Site Scripting Attacks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
CGI.pm Start_Form Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Secunia - Advisories - Sun Solaris Perl Modules Two Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-155.shtml af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-371-1 perl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
#101426: Security Vulnerabilities in "Safe.pm" and "CGI.pm" Perl Modules (formerly Document ID: 57473) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br
'[OpenPKG-SA-2003.036] OpenPKG Security Advisory (perl-www)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'CGI.pm vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#246409 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
'[Full-Disclosure] CGI.pm vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting.' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wwwnew.mandriva.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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