CVE-2008-4520
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 1.2%EU EUVD
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in bulk_update.pl in AutoNessus before 1.2.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the remark parameter.
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
- 1.2% (69th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4501)
- Published
- October 9, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4501 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- autonessus / autonessus
- autonessus / autonessus
- autonessus / autonessus
- autonessus / autonessus
- autonessus / autonessus
References
- http://autonessus.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/autonessus/AutoNessus/www/bulk_update.pl?r1=1.2&r2=1.3
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32046(Vendor Advisory)
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=216367&release_id=630124(Patch)
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2141884&group_id=216367&atid=1037394(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31559(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45634
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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