XSS in Apache HTTP Server
CVE-2008-0005
mod_proxy_ftp in Apache 2.2.x before 2.2.7-dev, 2.0.x before 2.0.62-dev, and 1.3.x before 1.3.40-dev does not define a charset, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks using UTF-7 encoding.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.147 (96.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 96.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.146 · newest: 0.147 · change: +0.001
Affected products
- Apache HTTP Server
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 6.06, 6.10, 7.04
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 7, 8
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0005.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-19.xml (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/28749 (Not Applicable, third-party-advisory)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3526 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486167/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/49 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00562.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-0005?
- CVE-2008-0005 is a vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2008-01-12.
- Is CVE-2008-0005 known to be exploited?
- 13 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.