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Status published
Medium
CVE-2008-2553
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Slashdot Like Automated Storytelling Homepage...
Vulnerability Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Slashdot Like Automated Storytelling Homepage (Slash) (aka Slashcode) R_2_5_0_94 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the userfield parameter.
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://www.slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=08/01/07/2314232
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42882
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31691
- http://slashcode.cvs.sourceforge.net/slashcode/slash/Slash/Utility/Environment/Environment.pm?r1=1.223&r2=1.225
- http://www.slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=08/01/04/1950244&tid=4
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1633
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020207
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30551
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29548
Affected Vendor
slashcode.com
View all reports →Affected Software
slash
Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 5th, 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.