CVE-2008-4520

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-10-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in bulk_update.pl in AutoNessus before 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the remark parameter.

Affected products

Autonessus: through 1.2.1; 1.0, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.2

References

http://autonessus.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/autonessus/AutoNessus/www/bulk_update.pl?r1=1.2&r2=1.3
http://secunia.com/advisories/32046
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=216367&release_id=630124
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2141884&group_id=216367&atid=1037394
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31559
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45634
http://autonessus.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/autonessus/AutoNessus/www/bulk_update.pl?r1=1.2&r2=1.3
http://secunia.com/advisories/32046
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=216367&release_id=630124
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2141884&group_id=216367&atid=1037394
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31559
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45634

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