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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-0179

Original release date:02/05/2008

Last revised:09/05/2008

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in service/impl/UserLocalServiceImpl.java in Liferay Portal 4.3.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the User-Agent HTTP header, which is used when composing Forgot Password e-mail messages in HTML format.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:2.6 (LOW) (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 2.9

Exploitability Subscore: 4.9

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism

Access Complexity: High

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#888209

Name: VU#888209

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/888209

External Source: BID

Name: 27550

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27550

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.liferay.com/browse/LEP-4737

Hyperlink:http://support.liferay.com/browse/LEP-4737

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28742