CVE-2008-0438

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-01-23 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the font rendering functionality in Novemberborn sIFR 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the txt parameter to a Flash (SWF) file, as demonstrated by fonts/FuturaLt.swf.

Affected products

Novemberborn Sifr: 2.0.2

References

http://novemberborn.net/sifr/2.0.3
http://osvdb.org/41006
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3571
http://www.procheckup.com/Vulnerability_PR07-38.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486787/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486829/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487585/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27394
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39835
http://novemberborn.net/sifr/2.0.3
http://osvdb.org/41006
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3571

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