CVE-2008-5059 (GCVE-0-2008-5059)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-11-13 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:40
VLAI?
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in ModernBill 4.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a Javascript event in the new_language parameter in a login action.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://secunia.com/advisories/32529 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4587 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6916 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Date Public ?
2008-10-31 00:00
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