CVE-2008-4456 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2008-4456

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the command-line client in MySQL...

Vulnerability 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.

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.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

mysql
Vulnerable Versions:
5.0.4, 5.0.30, 5.0.36, 5.0.44, 5.0.26, 5.0.27, 5.0.32, 5.0.33, 5.0.37, 5.0.38, 5.0.41, 5.0.42, 5.0.45, 5.0.67

Timeline

Official Publish: October 6th, 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.