XSS in Apache HTTP Server
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 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: 0.549 (99.0th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.549 · newest: 0.549 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apache HTTP Server — versions 2.0, 2.0.9, 2.0.28
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3889 (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42303 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/34219 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491967/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5143 (signature, vdb-entry)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/31651 (third-party-advisory)
- marc.info/ (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/29112 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-731-1 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-2168?
- CVE-2008-2168 is a vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server, classified under Cross-site Scripting. Published 2008-05-13.
- Is CVE-2008-2168 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.