CVE-2008-0179 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in service/impl/UserLocalServiceImpl.java in Liferay Portal 4.3.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the User-Agent HTTP header, which is used when composing Forgot Password e-mail messages in HTML format

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Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in service/impl/UserLocalServiceImpl.java in Liferay Portal 4.3.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the User-Agent HTTP header, which is used when composing Forgot Password e-mail messages in HTML format

Published Feb 4, 2008

2.6

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.21%

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in service/impl/UserLocalServiceImpl.java in Liferay Portal 4.3.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the User-Agent HTTP header, which is used when composing Forgot Password e-mail messages in HTML format.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.21% 0.01212

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01212

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (14 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.21% (0.01212)	67.39th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.21% (0.01212)	64.39th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 21, 2026	2.49% (0.02493)	85.34th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Sep 1, 2025	3.87% (0.03871)	87.86th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	0.79% (0.00789)	72.20th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.32% (0.00322)	71.50th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.35% (0.00346)	71.30th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 15, 2024	0.25% (0.00250)	64.25th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.18% (0.00176)	53.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.26% (0.00263)	62.13th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (4)

http://secunia.com/advisories/28742
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://support.liferay.com/browse/LEP-4737
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/888209
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27550
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/28742		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://support.liferay.com/browse/LEP-4737		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/888209		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27550		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner certcc

Published Feb 4, 2008

Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reserved Jan 9, 2008

Link CVE-2008-0179

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-0179

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-0179