CVE-2014-2235 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Vendors	Products
Askbot	Askbot

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

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

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

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

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

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

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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