CVE-2008-4918
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-11-04 20:00
Modified
2024-08-07 10:31
Severity ?
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SonicWALL SonicOS Enhanced before 4.0.1.1, as used in SonicWALL Pro 2040 and TZ 180 and 190, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into arbitrary web sites via a URL to a site that is blocked based on content filtering, which is not properly handled in the CFS block page, aka "universal website hijacking."
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/32498Not Applicable
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/4556Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/new-technique-to-perform-universal-website-hijacking/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497948/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497958/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497968/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497989/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498043/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498073/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31998Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.sonicwall.com/downloads/SonicOS_Enhanced_4.0.1.1_Release_Notes.pdfBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2970Permissions Required
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-070Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-070/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46232Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
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