CVE-2008-7017

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-08-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in analyse.php in CAcert 20080921, and possibly other versions before 20080928, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the CN (CommonName) field in the subject of an X.509 certificate.

Affected products

Cacert: 20080921

References

http://www.cynops.de/advisories/AKLINK-SA-2008-007.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31481
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45515
http://www.cynops.de/advisories/AKLINK-SA-2008-007.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31481
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45515

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