CVE-2008-0179

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-02-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in service/impl/UserLocalServiceImpl.java in Liferay Portal 4.3.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the User-Agent HTTP header, which is used when composing Forgot Password e-mail messages in HTML format.

Affected products

Liferay Enterprise Portal: 4.3.6

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/28742
http://support.liferay.com/browse/LEP-4737
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/888209
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27550
http://secunia.com/advisories/28742
http://support.liferay.com/browse/LEP-4737
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/888209
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27550

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