CVE-2008-2398
published 2008-05-21CVE-2008-2398: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in AppServ Open Project 2.5.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML…
PriorityP269medium4.3CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuNCNIPAN
ITWEXPLOITVulnCheck KEV
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
6.23%
92.7th percentile
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in AppServ Open Project 2.5.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the appservlang parameter.
Affected
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Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote
- →Look for GET requests to /index.php with the 'appservlang' parameter containing HTML/script injection payloads (e.g., <svg/onload=...>, ">). The injected value is reflected directly in the response body. ↗
- →Match HTTP 200 responses with Content-Type: text/html that contain the reflected XSS payload string in the body, specifically the unescaped <svg/onload=confirm('xss')> string. ↗
- →The vulnerability is in AppServ Open Project 2.5.10 and earlier. Fingerprint the target for this version range when triaging alerts. ↗
- →Attackers may use this XSS to steal cookie-based authentication credentials; monitor for anomalous cookie exfiltration following exploitation of this endpoint. ↗
- ·The Nuclei probe uses a URL-encoded payload; detection rules must URL-decode the appservlang parameter value before matching to avoid false negatives. ↗
- ·The vulnerability affects AppServ 2.5.10 and earlier; versions 2.5.11 and above are not affected and should be excluded from scanning scope. ↗
CVSS provenance
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
vulncheck4.3MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-vx7q-r8hv-x3vh: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-01
CVE-2008-2398 [MEDIUM] CWE-79 GHSA-vx7q-r8hv-x3vh: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in AppServ Open Project 2.5.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the appservlang parameter.
VulnCheck
appserv_open_project appserv Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
vulncheck·2008·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2008-2398 [MEDIUM] appserv_open_project appserv Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
appserv_open_project appserv Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in AppServ Open Project 2.5.10 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the appservlang parameter.
Affected: appserv_open_project appserv
Required Action: Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
Exploitation References: https://app.crowdsec.net/cti/cve-explorer/CVE-2008-2398
No detection rules found.
Exploit-DB
myPHPNuke < 1.8.8_8rc2 - 'artid' SQL Injection
exploitdb·2008-09-02
CVE-2008-4092 myPHPNuke < 1.8.8_8rc2 - 'artid' SQL Injection
myPHPNuke < 1.8.8_8rc2 - 'artid' SQL Injection
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SQL Injection vulnerability in myPHPNuke
By MustLive (http://websecurity.com.ua)
Detailed information: http://websecurity.com.ua/2398/
Description: There is SQL Injection vulnerability in printfeature.php in
myPHPNuke.
SQL Injection:
http://site/printfeature.php?artid=-1%20union%20select%20null,null,aid,pwd,null,null,null,null%20from%20mpn_authors%20limit%200,1
With this query you will receive login and password (hash) of administrator.
Vulnerable versions are myPHPNuke < 1.8.8_8rc2. In last version the
additional filters were added, so it is not vulnerable to this attack. But
version 1.8.8_8rc2 is still vulnerable to SQL Injection and so limited SQL
Injection attack is
Exploit-DB
AppServ Open Project 2.5.10 - 'appservlang' Cross-Site Scripting
exploitdb·2008-05-20
CVE-2008-2398 AppServ Open Project 2.5.10 - 'appservlang' Cross-Site Scripting
AppServ Open Project 2.5.10 - 'appservlang' Cross-Site Scripting
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29291/info
AppServ Open Project is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.
An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may let the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
AppServ Open Project 2.5.10 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.
http://www.example.com/index.php?appservlang=">[XSS] http://www.example.com/index.php?appservlang="> http://www.example.com/index.php?appservlang="> http://www.example.com/index.php?appservlang=">window.open(/phpinfo.php
Nuclei
AppServ Open Project <=2.5.10 - Cross-Site Scripting
nuclei·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2008-2398 [MEDIUM] AppServ Open Project <=2.5.10 - Cross-Site Scripting
AppServ Open Project =2.5.11) or apply the necessary security patches provided by the vendor.
reference:
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42546
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3896
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2398
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
cvss-score: 4.3
cve-id: CVE-2008-2398
cwe-id: CWE-79
epss-score: 0.004
epss-percentile: 0.60724
cpe: cpe:2.3:a:appserv_open_project:appserv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
metadata:
max-request: 1
vendor: appserv_open_project
product: appserv
tags: cve2008,cve,xss,appserv_open_project,vkev,vuln
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/index.php?appservlang=%3Csvg%2Fonload=confirm%28%27xss%27%29%3E"
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
part: body
words:
- ""
- type: word
No writeups or analysis indexed.
http://secunia.com/advisories/30333http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3896http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492271/100/0/threadedhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29291https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42546http://secunia.com/advisories/30333http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3896http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492271/100/0/threadedhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29291https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42546
2008-05-21
Published
Exploited in the wild