CVE-2008-4456
LOW severity · CVSS 2.6 · Cross-site scripting (XSS)
2.6CVSS LOW
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityHigh
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impact—
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)7%
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32072Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34907Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38517Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Oct/0026.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36566
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4357
- http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=27884Exploit