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.
Advisories
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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1783-1 New mysql-dfsg-5.0 packages fix multiple vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-4437 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-897-1 MySQL vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1397-1 MySQL vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:17:09.714Z

Reserved: 2008-10-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-4456

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-10-06T23:25:50.707

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-4456

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-4456 - Bugzilla

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