CVE-2008-0838

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-02-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the web administration interface in Sophos ES1000 and ES4000 Email Security Appliance 2.1.0.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) error and (2) go parameters to the login page.

Affected products

Sophos Es1000: 2.1.0.0
Sophos Es4000: 2.1.0.0

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/28961
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3673
http://www.infigo.hr/en/in_focus/advisories/INFIGO-2008-02-13
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488206/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27813
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019427
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/34733.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0574
http://secunia.com/advisories/28961
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3673
http://www.infigo.hr/en/in_focus/advisories/INFIGO-2008-02-13
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488206/100/0/threaded

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