CVE-2008-3824 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 5.2% (pctl 92)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Cross-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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 5.15% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-09-12 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| horde | horde |
| popoon | popoon |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Horde Application Framework 3.2.1 - Forward Slash Insufficient Filtering Cross-Site Scripting | 2008-09-10 |
References
- http://blog.liip.ch/missed-case-in-externalinput-php-resulting-in-viable-xss-attacks.html
- http://marc.info/?l=horde-announce&m=122103888111491&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=horde-announce&m=122104360019867&w=2
- http://ocert.org/patches/2008-012/Text_Filter.31.patch
- http://ocert.org/patches/2008-012/Text_Filter.patch
- http://osvdb.org/47996
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31842
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4245
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-012.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/10/1
- http://www.phpmyfaq.de/advisory_2008-09-11.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496182/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31107
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2548
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45031
- http://blog.liip.ch/missed-case-in-externalinput-php-resulting-in-viable-xss-attacks.html
- http://marc.info/?l=horde-announce&m=122103888111491&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=horde-announce&m=122104360019867&w=2
- http://ocert.org/patches/2008-012/Text_Filter.31.patch
- http://ocert.org/patches/2008-012/Text_Filter.patch
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