CVE-2008-5264

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-11-28 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in searcher.exe in Tornado Knowledge Retrieval System 4.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the p parameter in a root action.

Affected products

Tornado Knowledge Retrieval System: through 4.2

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30623
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4655
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493217/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29626
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42963
http://secunia.com/advisories/30623
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4655
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493217/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29626
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42963

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