CVE-2008-0751

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-02-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Freetag before 2.96 plugin for S9Y Serendipity, when using Internet Explorer 6 or 7, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to plugin/tag/.

Affected products

serendipity freetag plugin: before 2.96 — fixed in 2.96

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: serendipity freetag plugin 2.96. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://blog.s9y.org/archives/190-Freetag-plugin-updated-to-prevent-XSS.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-February/060122.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28852
http://www.bitsploit.de/uploads/Code/200802080000/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27697
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40376
http://blog.s9y.org/archives/190-Freetag-plugin-updated-to-prevent-XSS.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-February/060122.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/28852
http://www.bitsploit.de/uploads/Code/200802080000/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27697
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40376

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