CVE-2008-3824

Summary

CVECVE-2008-3824
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-09-12 16:56:20 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionCross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in (1) Text_Filter/Filter/xss.php in Horde 3.1.x before 3.1.9 and 3.2.x before 3.2.2 and (2) externalinput.php in Popoon r22196 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by using / (slash) characters as replacements for spaces in an HTML e-mail message.

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: CWE-79 | 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 Horde Horde 3.1.1 All All All
Application Horde Horde 3.1.2 All All All
Application Horde Horde 3.1.3 All All All
Application Horde Horde 3.1.4 All All All
Application Horde Horde 3.1.5 All All All
Application Horde Horde 3.1.6 All All All
Application Horde Horde 3.1.7 All All All
Application Horde Horde 3.1.8 All All All
Application Horde Horde 3.2 All All All
Application Horde Horde 3.2.1 All All All
Application Popoon Popoon All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Liip Blog // Missed case in externalinput.php resulting in viable XSS attacks - fix available af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blog.liip.ch
CXSecurity - IDS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
phpMyFAQ homepage - open source FAQ system for PHP and MySQL, PostgreSQL and other databases | Security Advisory af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.phpmyfaq.de
'[announce] [SECURITY] Horde 3.2.2 (final)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
ocert.org/patches/2008-012/Text_Filter.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ocert.org Patch
oss-security - [oCERT-2008-012] Horde, Popoon frameworks common input sanitization errors (XSS) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
osvdb.org/47996 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Horde Application Framework Forward Slash Insufficient Filtering Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
oCERT.org - oCERT Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ocert.org Patch
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Horde Products MIME Library and HTML Message Script Insertion Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
'[announce] Horde 3.1.9 (final)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Patch
ocert.org/patches/2008-012/Text_Filter.31.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ocert.org Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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