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Status published
Medium
CVE-2008-5185
The highlighting functionality in geshi.php in GeSHi before 1.0.8 allows...
Vulnerability Description
The highlighting functionality in geshi.php in GeSHi before 1.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via an XML sequence containing an opening delimiter without a closing delimiter, as demonstrated using "<".
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
Affected Vendor
geshi
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geshi
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.2_beta_1, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 1.0.7, 1.0.7.1, 1.0.7.2, 1.0.7.3, 1.0.7.4, 1.0.7.5, 1.0.7.6, 1.0.7.7, 1.0.7.8, 1.0.7.9, 1.0.7.10, 1.0.7.11, 1.0.7.12, 1.0.7.13, 1.0.7.14, 1.0.7.15, 1.0.7.16, 1.0.7.17, 1.0.7.18, 1.0.7.19, 1.0.7.20, 1.0.7.21
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 21st, 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.