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CVE-2008-0642

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-02-15 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in files created by Adobe RoboHelp 6 and 7, possibly involving use of a (1) WebHelp5 (WebHelp5Ext) or (2) WildFire (WildFireExt) extension, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-1280.

Affected products

• Adobe RoboHelp RH2017.0.1 and earlier versions: 6, 7

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/28945
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019397
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-05.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27763
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0537
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28945
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019397
• http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb08-05.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27763
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0537

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