XSS in MySQL

CVE-2008-4456

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the command-line client in MySQL 5.0.26 through 5.0.45, and other versions including versions later than 5.0.45, when the --html option is enabled, allows attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by placing it in a database cell, which might be accessed by this client when composing an HTML document. NOTE: as of 20081031, the issue has not been fixed in MySQL 5.0.67.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 2.6 (Low). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.070 (94.0th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2008-4456: held from 0.070 to 0.070.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.070 · newest: 0.070 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • MySQL — versions 5.0.4, 5.0.30, 5.0.36
  • Oracle MySQL — versions 5.0.26, 5.0.27, 5.0.30

Weakness classification (CWE)

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