CVE-2014-2235 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Askbot before 0.7.49 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to the question search form.

Published: 2014-03-05

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:askbot:askbot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-2275	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Askbot before 0.7.49 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to the question search form.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

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 0.00295.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/57163
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/28/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65885
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1070852
https://github.com/ASKBOT/askbot-devel/commit/876e3662ff6b78cc6241338c15e3a0cb49edf4e2

History

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Subscriptions

Askbot Askbot

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2014-03-05T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:05:59.973Z

Reserved: 2014-02-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-2235

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-03-05T16:37:40.703

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-2235

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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