CVE-2008-5211

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-11-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in Sphider 1.3.4, when the search suggestion feature is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query parameter, a different vector than CVE-2006-2506.

Affected products

Sphider: 1.3.4

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30082
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4629
http://users.own-hero.net/~decoder/advisories/sphider134-xss.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491712/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29074
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42240
http://secunia.com/advisories/30082
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4629
http://users.own-hero.net/~decoder/advisories/sphider134-xss.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491712/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29074
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42240

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