CVE-2008-5996

Severity Score

5.4

*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 the Simplenews module 5.x before 5.x-1.5 and 6.x before 6.x-1.0-beta4, a module for Drupal, allows remote authenticated users, with "administer taxonomy" permissions, to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a Newsletter category field.

Vulnerabilidad de ejecución de secuencias de comandos en sitios cruzados (XSS) en el módulo Simplenews v5.x anterior a v5.x-1.5 y v6.x previo a v6.x-1.0-beta4, para Drupal, permite a usuarios autenticados remotamente con "administrar taxonomy (administer taxonomy)" inyectar secuencias de comandos web o HTML de su elección a través de un campo de la categoría Newsletter.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2009-01-28 CVE Reserved
2009-01-28 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

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

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45407	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://drupal.org/node/312944	2017-08-08
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31377	2017-08-08

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/32022	2017-08-08

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Link3 Search vendor "Link3"	Simplenews Search vendor "Link3" for product "Simplenews"	<= 5.x-1.4 Search vendor "Link3" for product "Simplenews" and version " <= 5.x-1.4"	-	Affected	in	Drupal Search vendor "Drupal"	Drupal Search vendor "Drupal" for product "Drupal"	*	-	Safe
Link3 Search vendor "Link3"	Simplenews Search vendor "Link3" for product "Simplenews"	<= 6.x-1.0 Search vendor "Link3" for product "Simplenews" and version " <= 6.x-1.0"	beta3	Affected	in	Drupal Search vendor "Drupal"	Drupal Search vendor "Drupal" for product "Drupal"	*	-	Safe
Link3 Search vendor "Link3"	Simplenews Search vendor "Link3" for product "Simplenews"	4.6.x-1.x-dev Search vendor "Link3" for product "Simplenews" and version "4.6.x-1.x-dev"	-	Affected	in	Drupal Search vendor "Drupal"	Drupal Search vendor "Drupal" for product "Drupal"	*	-	Safe
Link3 Search vendor "Link3"	Simplenews Search vendor "Link3" for product "Simplenews"	4.7.x-1.0 Search vendor "Link3" for product "Simplenews" and version "4.7.x-1.0"	-	Affected	in	Drupal Search vendor "Drupal"	Drupal Search vendor "Drupal" for product "Drupal"	*	-	Safe
Link3 Search vendor "Link3"	Simplenews Search vendor "Link3" for product "Simplenews"	4.7.x-1.x-dev Search vendor "Link3" for product "Simplenews" and version "4.7.x-1.x-dev"	-	Affected	in	Drupal Search vendor "Drupal"	Drupal Search vendor "Drupal" for product "Drupal"	*	-	Safe
Link3 Search vendor "Link3"	Simplenews Search vendor "Link3" for product "Simplenews"	4.7.x-2.x-dev Search vendor "Link3" for product "Simplenews" and version "4.7.x-2.x-dev"	-	Affected	in	Drupal Search vendor "Drupal"	Drupal Search vendor "Drupal" for product "Drupal"	*	-	Safe
Link3 Search vendor "Link3"	Simplenews Search vendor "Link3" for product "Simplenews"	5.x-1.0 Search vendor "Link3" for product "Simplenews" and version "5.x-1.0"	-	Affected	in	Drupal Search vendor "Drupal"	Drupal Search vendor "Drupal" for product "Drupal"	*	-	Safe
Link3 Search vendor "Link3"	Simplenews Search vendor "Link3" for product "Simplenews"	5.x-1.1 Search vendor "Link3" for product "Simplenews" and version "5.x-1.1"	-	Affected	in	Drupal Search vendor "Drupal"	Drupal Search vendor "Drupal" for product "Drupal"	*	-	Safe
Link3 Search vendor "Link3"	Simplenews Search vendor "Link3" for product "Simplenews"	5.x-1.2 Search vendor "Link3" for product "Simplenews" and version "5.x-1.2"	-	Affected	in	Drupal Search vendor "Drupal"	Drupal Search vendor "Drupal" for product "Drupal"	*	-	Safe
Link3 Search vendor "Link3"	Simplenews Search vendor "Link3" for product "Simplenews"	5.x-1.3 Search vendor "Link3" for product "Simplenews" and version "5.x-1.3"	-	Affected	in	Drupal Search vendor "Drupal"	Drupal Search vendor "Drupal" for product "Drupal"	*	-	Safe
Link3 Search vendor "Link3"	Simplenews Search vendor "Link3" for product "Simplenews"	5.x-1.x-dev Search vendor "Link3" for product "Simplenews" and version "5.x-1.x-dev"	-	Affected	in	Drupal Search vendor "Drupal"	Drupal Search vendor "Drupal" for product "Drupal"	*	-	Safe
Link3 Search vendor "Link3"	Simplenews Search vendor "Link3" for product "Simplenews"	6.x-1.0 Search vendor "Link3" for product "Simplenews" and version "6.x-1.0"	beta1	Affected	in	Drupal Search vendor "Drupal"	Drupal Search vendor "Drupal" for product "Drupal"	*	-	Safe
Link3 Search vendor "Link3"	Simplenews Search vendor "Link3" for product "Simplenews"	6.x-1.0 Search vendor "Link3" for product "Simplenews" and version "6.x-1.0"	beta2	Affected	in	Drupal Search vendor "Drupal"	Drupal Search vendor "Drupal" for product "Drupal"	*	-	Safe
Link3 Search vendor "Link3"	Simplenews Search vendor "Link3" for product "Simplenews"	6.x-1.x-dev Search vendor "Link3" for product "Simplenews" and version "6.x-1.x-dev"	-	Affected	in	Drupal Search vendor "Drupal"	Drupal Search vendor "Drupal" for product "Drupal"	*	-	Safe