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CVE-2008-5729

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-12-26 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in AIST NetCat 3.12 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) form and (2) control parameters to FCKeditor/neditor.php, and the (3) path parameter to admin/siteinfo/iframe.inc.php.

Affected products

• Netcat: through 3.12; 1.1, 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 (+1)

References

• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4819
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32992
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47577
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7560
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4819
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32992
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47577
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7560

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