CVE-2008-3824
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 5.2%EU EUVD
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.
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
- 5.2% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3810)
- Published
- September 12, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3810 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- horde / horde
- horde / horde
- horde / horde
- horde / horde
- horde / horde
- horde / horde
- horde / horde
- horde / horde
- horde / horde
- horde / horde
- popoon / popoon
References
- http://blog.liip.ch/missed-case-in-externalinput-php-resulting-in-viable-xss-attacks.html
- http://marc.info/?l=horde-announce&m=122103888111491&w=2(Patch)
- http://marc.info/?l=horde-announce&m=122104360019867&w=2
- http://ocert.org/patches/2008-012/Text_Filter.31.patch(Patch)
- http://ocert.org/patches/2008-012/Text_Filter.patch(Patch)
- http://osvdb.org/47996
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31842(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4245
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-012.html(Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/10/1
- http://www.phpmyfaq.de/advisory_2008-09-11.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496182/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31107(Exploit)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2548
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45031
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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