CVE-2008-6848 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in phpGreetCards 3.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the category parameter in a select action.

Published: 2009-07-07

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:w2b:phpgreetcards:3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2008-6808	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in phpGreetCards 3.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the category parameter in a select action.

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 0.01751.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/50989
http://secunia.com/advisories/33304
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33001
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3510
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47590
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7561

History

No history.

Subscriptions

W2b Phpgreetcards

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-07-07T18:35:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:42:00.621Z

Reserved: 2009-07-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-6848

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-07-07T19:00:00.187

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:03:05.760

Link: CVE-2008-6848

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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