First published: Wed Oct 15 2008(Updated: )
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the LiveSearch module in Plone before 3.0.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Description field for search results, as demonstrated using the onerror Javascript even in an IMG tag.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Plone Plone | =2.5_beta1 | |
Plone Plone | =3.0.1 | |
Plone Plone | =3.0 | |
Plone Plone | =2.5.4 | |
Plone Plone | =2.5.1 | |
Plone Plone | =2.1.2 | |
Plone Plone | =2.0.5 | |
Plone Plone | =2.5 | |
Plone Plone | <=3.0.3 | |
Plone Plone | =2.5.1_rc | |
Plone Plone | =3.0.2 | |
pip/Plone | <3.0.4 | 3.0.4 |
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CVE-2008-4571 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential for cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
To resolve CVE-2008-4571, upgrade to Plone version 3.0.4 or later.
CVE-2008-4571 affects Plone versions up to and including 3.0.3, as well as several 2.5 versions.
CVE-2008-4571 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows remote attackers to inject scripts into web pages.
Attackers can exploit CVE-2008-4571 by using the Description field for search results to inject arbitrary web scripts or HTML.