CVE-2008-3712

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-08-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Mambo 4.6.2 and 4.6.5, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) query string to mambots/editors/mostlyce/jscripts/tiny_mce/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php and the (2) mosConfig_sitename parameter to administrator/popups/index3pop.php.

Affected products

Mambo: 4.6.2, 4.6.5

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/31528
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4164
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495507/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30708
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44502
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44503
http://secunia.com/advisories/31528
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4164
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/495507/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30708
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44502
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44503

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