CVE-2008-3824

Horde Application Framework 3.2.1 - Forward Slash Insufficient Filtering Cross-Site Scripting

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in (1) Text_Filter/Filter/xss.php in Horde 3.1.x before 3.1.9 and 3.2.x before 3.2.2 and (2) externalinput.php in Popoon r22196 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by using / (slash) characters as replacements for spaces in an HTML e-mail message.

Vulnerabilidad de secuencias de comandos en sitios cruzados (XSS) en (1) el módulo Text_Filter/Filter/xss.php de Horde versiones 3.1.x anteriores a 3.1.9 y versiones 3.2.x anteriores a 3.2.2 y en (2) el módulo externalinput.php de Popoon versión r22196 y anteriores permite a atacantes remotos inyectar secuencias de comandos web o HTML de su elección al reemplazar caracteres / (barra) por los espacios en blanco en un mensaje de correo electrónico en formato HTML.

The Horde project relies on code similar to Popoon's externalinput.php to filter out potential cross site scripting attacks on user-supplied input. Other projects are using the same code base. Therefore this vulnerability affects also the popular Cake-PHP framework. Hence, all users that rely on the externalinput sanitization functionality are affected by this vulnerability, as in addition to many other unrelated, open source projects.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-08-27 CVE Reserved
2008-09-11 CVE Published
2014-03-19 First Exploit
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-05-28 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (16)

URL	Tag	Source
http://blog.liip.ch/missed-case-in-externalinput-php-resulting-in-viable-xss-attacks.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://marc.info/?l=horde-announce&m=122104360019867&w=2	Mailing List
http://osvdb.org/47996	Vdb Entry
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4245	Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/10/1	Mailing List
http://www.phpmyfaq.de/advisory_2008-09-11.php	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496182/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2548	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45031	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32353	2014-03-19
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31107	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://marc.info/?l=horde-announce&m=122103888111491&w=2	2018-10-11
http://ocert.org/patches/2008-012/Text_Filter.31.patch	2018-10-11
http://ocert.org/patches/2008-012/Text_Filter.patch	2018-10-11
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-012.html	2018-10-11

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/31842	2018-10-11

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Horde Search vendor "Horde"		Horde Search vendor "Horde" for product "Horde"				3.1.1 Search vendor "Horde" for product "Horde" and version "3.1.1"		-		Affected
Horde Search vendor "Horde"		Horde Search vendor "Horde" for product "Horde"				3.1.2 Search vendor "Horde" for product "Horde" and version "3.1.2"		-		Affected
Horde Search vendor "Horde"		Horde Search vendor "Horde" for product "Horde"				3.1.3 Search vendor "Horde" for product "Horde" and version "3.1.3"		-		Affected
Horde Search vendor "Horde"		Horde Search vendor "Horde" for product "Horde"				3.1.4 Search vendor "Horde" for product "Horde" and version "3.1.4"		-		Affected
Horde Search vendor "Horde"		Horde Search vendor "Horde" for product "Horde"				3.1.5 Search vendor "Horde" for product "Horde" and version "3.1.5"		-		Affected
Horde Search vendor "Horde"		Horde Search vendor "Horde" for product "Horde"				3.1.6 Search vendor "Horde" for product "Horde" and version "3.1.6"		-		Affected
Horde Search vendor "Horde"		Horde Search vendor "Horde" for product "Horde"				3.1.7 Search vendor "Horde" for product "Horde" and version "3.1.7"		-		Affected
Horde Search vendor "Horde"		Horde Search vendor "Horde" for product "Horde"				3.1.8 Search vendor "Horde" for product "Horde" and version "3.1.8"		-		Affected
Horde Search vendor "Horde"		Horde Search vendor "Horde" for product "Horde"				3.2 Search vendor "Horde" for product "Horde" and version "3.2"		-		Affected
Horde Search vendor "Horde"		Horde Search vendor "Horde" for product "Horde"				3.2.1 Search vendor "Horde" for product "Horde" and version "3.2.1"		-		Affected
Popoon Search vendor "Popoon"		Popoon Search vendor "Popoon" for product "Popoon"				<= r22196 Search vendor "Popoon" for product "Popoon" and version " <= r22196"		-		Affected