CVE-2008-2168

Public Exploit

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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 55.61% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory hp.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3889 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42303 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/34219 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491967/100/0/threaded mailing list
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5143 vdb entry signature
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31651 third party advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29112 vdb entry exploit
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-731-1 vendor advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01539432 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491901/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491862/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491930/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/35650 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-2168?
CVE-2008-2168 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-2168?
To fix CVE-2008-2168, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-2168 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-2168 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~56% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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