CVE-2008-2553

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-06-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Slashdot Like Automated Storytelling Homepage (Slash) (aka Slashcode) R_2_5_0_94 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the userfield parameter.

Affected products

Slashcode.Com Slash: through r_2_5_0_94

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30551
http://secunia.com/advisories/31691
http://slashcode.cvs.sourceforge.net/slashcode/slash/Slash/Utility/Environment/Environment.pm?r1=1.223&r2=1.225
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1633
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29548
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020207
http://www.slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=08/01/04/1950244&tid=4
http://www.slashcode.com/article.pl?sid=08/01/07/2314232
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42882
http://secunia.com/advisories/30551
http://secunia.com/advisories/31691
http://slashcode.cvs.sourceforge.net/slashcode/slash/Slash/Utility/Environment/Environment.pm?r1=1.223&r2=1.225

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