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Status published
Medium
CVE-2008-2168
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache 2.2.6 and earlier allows...
Vulnerability Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache 2.2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via UTF-7 encoded URLs that are not properly handled when displaying the 403 Forbidden error page.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3889
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42303
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34219
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491967/100/0/threaded
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5143
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31651
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29112
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-731-1
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01539432
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491901/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491862/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491930/100/0/threaded
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01539432
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35650
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
2.0, 2.0.9, 2.0.28, 2.0.32, 2.0.34, 2.0.35, 2.0.36, 2.0.37, 2.0.38, 2.0.39, 2.0.40, 2.0.41, 2.0.42, 2.0.43, 2.0.44, 2.0.45, 2.0.46, 2.0.47, 2.0.48, 2.0.49, 2.0.50, 2.0.51, 2.0.52, 2.0.53, 2.0.54, 2.0.55, 2.0.56, 2.0.57, 2.0.58, 2.0.59, 2.0.60, 2.0.61, 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.1.5, 2.1.6, 2.1.7, 2.1.8, 2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.2.4
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 13th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.