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)
Published · last modified .
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 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)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497885/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1397-1 (vendor-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45590 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11456 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497158/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/38517 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1783 (vendor-advisory)
- bugs.mysql.com/bug.php (Exploit)
- ubuntu.com/usn/usn-897-1 (vendor-advisory)