CVE-2008-2991 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Adobe RoboHelp Server 6 and 7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to the Help Errors log.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02997.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Adobe	Robohelp Server

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:robohelp_server:6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:adobe:robohelp_server:7:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-2981	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Adobe RoboHelp Server 6 and 7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to the Help Errors log.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/31001
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020442
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-16.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30137
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2026/references

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-07-09T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T15:43:37.416Z

Reserved: 2008-07-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-2991

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:21:34.579Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-07-09T18:41:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-23T16:15:19.307

Link: CVE-2008-2991

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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