horde: XSS via unescaped '/' characters (oCERT-2008-012)
Published Sep 12, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.15%
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in (1) Text_Filter/Filter/xss.php in Horde 3.1.x before 3.1.9 and 3.2.x before 3.2.2 and (2) externalinput.php in Popoon r22196 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by using / (slash) characters as replacements for spaces in an HTML e-mail message.
Affected products
No data.
- 3.1.1
- 3.1.2
- 3.1.3
- 3.1.4
- 3.1.5
- 3.1.6
- 3.1.7
- 3.1.8
- 3.2
- 3.2.1
- ≤ r22196
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.15% (0.05152) | 92.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.15% (0.05152) | 91.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.65% (0.00652) | 69.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.35% (0.02346) | 89.47th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 3, 2024 | 0.94% (0.00938) | 83.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 23, 2024 | 1.10% (0.01101) | 84.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.12% (0.01119) | 82.35th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.33% (0.12328) | 95.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 12.33% (0.12328) | 95.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 28.79% (0.28795) | 97.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 12.33% (0.12328) | 94.95th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 12.33% (0.12328) | 89.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (19)
- http://blog.liip.ch/missed-case-in-externalinput-php-resulting-in-viable-xss-attacks.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://marc.info/?l=horde-announce&m=122103888111491&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://marc.info/?l=horde-announce&m=122104360019867&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://ocert.org/patches/2008-012/Text_Filter.31.patch x_refsource_MISCPatch
- http://ocert.org/patches/2008-012/Text_Filter.patch x_refsource_MISCPatch
- http://osvdb.org/47996 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31842 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4245 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-012.html x_refsource_MISCPatch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/10/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.phpmyfaq.de/advisory_2008-09-11.php x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496182/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31107 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2548 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3824 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=461887 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45031 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3824
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3824
Change history (0)
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