CVE-2008-5043

Severity: low (CVSS 3.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-11-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the web-based interface in IBM Metrica Service Assurance Framework allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the elementid parameter in a generatedreportresults action to the ReportTree program, (2) the jnlpname parameter to the Launch program, or (3) the :tasklabel parameter to the ReportRequest program, related to the name of a report.

Affected products

IBM Metrica Service Assurance Framework: all versions

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-November/065520.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32683
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4578
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498168/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32233
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3145
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46495
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-November/065520.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32683
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4578
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498168/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32233

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