CVE-2008-2178

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: 2008-05-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin.php in LifeType 1.2.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the searchTerms parameter in an editArticleCategories operation (aka an admin category search).

Affected products

Lifetype: 1.2.7

References

http://lifetype.net/post/2008/05/04/lifetype-1.2.8-released
http://secunia.com/advisories/30075
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3871
http://wiki.lifetype.net/index.php/Release_notes_Lifetype_1.2.8
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491550/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491597/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29017
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42151
http://lifetype.net/post/2008/05/04/lifetype-1.2.8-released
http://secunia.com/advisories/30075
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3871
http://wiki.lifetype.net/index.php/Release_notes_Lifetype_1.2.8

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