CVE-2008-0971
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in index.cgi in Barracuda Spam Firewall (BSF) before 3.5.12.007, Message Archiver before 1.2.1.002, Web Filter before 3.3.0.052, IM Firewall before 3.1.01.017, and Load Balancer before 2.3.024 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the Policy Name field in Search Based Retention Policy in Message Archiver; unspecified parameters in the (2) IP Configuration, (3) Administration, (4) Journal Accounts, (5) Retention Policy, and (6) GroupWise Sync components in Message Archiver; (7) input to search operations in Web Filter; and (8) input used in error messages and (9) hidden INPUT elements in (a) Spam Firewall, (b) IM Firewall, and (c) Web Filter.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 1.5% (74th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0978)
- Published
- December 19, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0978 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- barracuda networks / barracuda im firewall
- barracuda networks / barracuda load balancer
- barracuda networks / barracuda message archiver
- barracuda networks / barracuda spam firewall
- barracuda networks / barracuda web filter
References
- http://dcsl.ul.ie/advisories/03.htm
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33164(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4792
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021454
- http://www.barracudanetworks.com/ns/support/tech_alert.php(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.osvdb.org/50709
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499294/100/0/threaded
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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