Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-2168
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache 2.2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via UTF-7 encoded URLs that are not properly handled when displaying the 403 Forbidden error page.
Vulnerability category: Cross site scripting (XSS)
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-2168
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 2.26%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 88 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2008-2168
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
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4.3
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
8.6
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2.9
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[email protected] |
CWE ids for CVE-2008-2168
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The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.Assigned by: [email protected] (Primary)
Vendor statements for CVE-2008-2168
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Apache 2008-05-14The Apache security team state that this issue is due to web browsers that are violating RFC2616 and is not a flaw in the Apache HTTPD Server.
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Red Hat 2008-05-14This is actually a flaw in browsers that do not derive the response character set as required by RFC 2616. This does not affect the default configuration of Apache httpd in Red Hat products and will only affect customers who have removed the "AddDefaultCharset" directive. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-2168
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491901/100/0/threaded
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5143
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-731-1
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
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http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3889
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491862/100/0/threaded
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491930/100/0/threaded
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29112
Exploit
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01539432
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42303
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491967/100/0/threaded
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- cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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- cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.0.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*