CVE-2008-7271 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.9% (pctl 79)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Help Contents web application (aka the Help Server) in Eclipse IDE, possibly 3.3.2, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the searchWord parameter to help/advanced/searchView.jsp or (2) the workingSet parameter in an add action to help/advanced/workingSetManager.jsp, a different issue than CVE-2010-4647.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 1.9% — more likely to be exploited than 79% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2011-01-13 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| eclipse | eclipse ide |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Eclipse 3.3.2 IDE - 'Help Server help/advanced/searchView.jsp?SearchWord' Cross-Site Scripting | 2008-04-24 |
| exploit-db | Eclipse 3.3.2 IDE - 'Help Server help/advanced/workingSetManager.jsp?workingSet' Cross-Site Scripting | 2008-04-24 |
References
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