CVE-2008-7037

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 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: none known
Published: 2009-08-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The Sidebar gadget in ITN News Gadget (aka ITN Hub Gadget) 1.06 for Windows Vista, and possibly other versions before 1.23, allows remote web servers or man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary commands via script in a short_title response.

Affected products

Itn News Gadget: 1.06

References

http://www.mwrinfosecurity.com/publications/mwri_itn-news-gadget-advisory_2008-02-04.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27725
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43563
http://www.mwrinfosecurity.com/publications/mwri_itn-news-gadget-advisory_2008-02-04.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27725
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43563

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