CVE-2008-5591 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in login.asp in Nightfall Personal Diary 1.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the username parameter and possibly other "login fields." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2008-12-16

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 1.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:iwrite:nightfall_personal_diary:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2008-5566	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in login.asp in Nightfall Personal Diary 1.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the username parameter and possibly other "login fields." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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 0.01571.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/33011
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4742
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32658
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47110
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7351

History

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Subscriptions

Iwrite Nightfall Personal Diary

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-12-16T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:56:47.248Z

Reserved: 2008-12-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-5591

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-12-16T19:07:31.920

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:00:38.027

Link: CVE-2008-5591

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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