CVE-2008-3218 json
Drupal vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
published 2008-07-18 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-6cj8-c359-p7q9 , EUVD-2022-2770
- cvss
- 4.3
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 2.5%
- EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Drupal 6.x before 6.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to (1) free tagging taxonomy terms, which are not properly handled on node preview pages, and (2) unspecified OpenID values.
Patch / fix
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2008-3218 updated
drupal: multiple security issues in < 6.3,5.8/5.9 (SA-2008-044,SA-2008-046 - CVE-2008-3218, CVE-2008-3219, CVE-2008-3220, CVE-2008-3221, CVE-2008-3222, CVE-2008-3223)
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Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat productsnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
2.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| packagist | drupal/drupal | >=6.0, <6.3 |
6.3 |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
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bugzilla.redhat.com
/show_bug.cgi?id=454849
web, issue-tracking, patch, third-party-advisory
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redhat.com
/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-August/msg00016.html
vendor-advisory, web, third-party-advisory
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redhat.com
/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00527.html
vendor-advisory, web, third-party-advisory
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redhat.com
/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00551.html
vendor-advisory, web, third-party-advisory
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drupal.org
/node/280571
web, vendor-advisory
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securityfocus.com
/bid/30168
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
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exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
/vulnerabilities/43704
vdb-entry, web, third-party-advisory
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secunia.com
/advisories/31079
third-party-advisory
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openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2008/07/10/3
mailing-list, web, third-party-advisory
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3218
advisory
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github.com
/drupal/drupal
package
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web.archive.org
/web/20080804010537/http://secunia.com/advisories/31079
web
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web.archive.org
/web/20081007110725/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30168
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2008-3218
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-6cj8-c359-p7q9
- NVD CVE-2008-3218
Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.