CVE-2008-0005
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 14.7%EU EUVD
mod_proxy_ftp in Apache 2.2.x before 2.2.7-dev, 2.0.x before 2.0.62-dev, and 1.3.x before 1.3.40-dev does not define a charset, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks using UTF-7 encoding.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 14.7% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0018)
- Published
- January 12, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0018 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apache / http server
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- fedoraproject / fedora
- fedoraproject / fedora
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562(Broken Link)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Mar/msg00001.html(Broken Link, Mailing List)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00004.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000062.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2(Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2(Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497311408250&w=2(Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28467(Not Applicable)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28471(Not Applicable)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28526(Not Applicable)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28607(Not Applicable)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28749(Not Applicable)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28977(Not Applicable)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29348(Not Applicable)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29420(Not Applicable)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29640(Not Applicable)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30732(Not Applicable)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35650(Not Applicable)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-19.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/49(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3526(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-032.htm(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:014(Broken Link)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:015(Broken Link)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:016(Broken Link)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0004.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0005.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0006.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0007.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0008.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0009.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486167/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505990/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27234(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019185(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-575-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0924/references(Permissions Required)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1875/references(Permissions Required)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39615(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54a42d4b01968df1117cea77fc53d6beb931c0e05936ad02af93e9ac%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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