4.3med
CVE-2008-4571
Plone Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in the LiveSearch module
Also known as GHSA-46f9-f8jm-mw2x, PYSEC-2026-730
Published 18 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
4.3
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.2%
percentile 67%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the LiveSearch module in Plone before 3.0.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Description field for search results, as demonstrated using the onerror Javascript even in an IMG tag.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.15% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypi | plone | <3.0.4 | 3.0.4 |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
- securityfocus.com /bid/27098 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
- secunia.com /advisories/28293 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
- plone.org /products/plone/releases/3.0.4 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- dev.plone.org /plone/ticket/7439 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- osvdb.org /40660 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred
- nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4571 · advisory
- github.com /plone/Plone · package
- web.archive.org /web/20081012113150/http://secunia.com/advisories/28293 · web
- web.archive.org /web/20120705155735/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27098 · web
- pypi.org /project/plone · package
- github.com /advisories/GHSA-46f9-f8jm-mw2x · advisory
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2008-4571
- GitHub Advisory: GHSA-46f9-f8jm-mw2x
- NVD: CVE-2008-4571
- OSV: PYSEC-2026-730
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