CVE-2007-4862 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/menu.php in SAXON 5.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the config[news_url] parameter.

Published: 2007-10-30

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 1.8% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:quirm:saxon:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-4843	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/menu.php in SAXON 5.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the config[news_url] parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01849.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/27444
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3310
http://www.netvigilance.com/advisory0054
http://www.quirm.net/punbb/viewtopic.php?id=129
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482920/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26237
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38134

History

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Subscriptions

Quirm Saxon

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-10-30T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:08:33.795Z

Reserved: 2007-09-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-4862

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-10-30T21:46:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:44:55.260

Link: CVE-2007-4862

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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