{
    "id": "CVE-2008-4456",
    "published": "2008-10-06 23:25:50",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:57:50",
    "cvss_score": "2.6",
    "cvss_severity": "LOW",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N",
    "cwe": "CWE-79",
    "description": "Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the command-line client in MySQL 5.0.26 through 5.0.45, and other versions including versions later than 5.0.45, when the --html option is enabled, allows attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by placing it in a database cell, which might be accessed by this client when composing an HTML document.  NOTE: as of 20081031, the issue has not been fixed in MySQL 5.0.67.",
    "epss_score": "0.07049",
    "epss_percentile": "0.94051",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-10 18:17:06",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "mysql",
            "product": "mysql"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "oracle",
            "product": "mysql"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "32445",
            "title": "MySQL 5 - Command Line Client HTML Special Characters HTML Injection",
            "date": "2008-09-30",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32445"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=27884",
        "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html",
        "http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Oct/0026.html",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/32072",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/34907",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/36566",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/38517",
        "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4357",
        "http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077",
        "http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-897-1",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1783",
        "http://www.henlich.de/it-security/mysql-command-line-client-html-injection-vulnerability",
        "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:094",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1289.html",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0110.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496842/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496877/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497158/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497885/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31486",
        "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1397-1",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45590",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11456",
        "http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=27884",
        "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html"
    ]
}