CVE-2008-3824 json
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) exter…
published 2008-09-12 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-3810
- cvss
- 4.3
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 5.2%
- EPSS 5.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
- public exploits
- 1
- Exploit-DB
Summary
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.
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-2008-3824 updated
horde: XSS via unescaped '/' characters (oCERT-2008-012)
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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
Timeline
- First public exploit (EDB-32353)
- Published
Exploit prediction
5.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- EDB-32353 Horde Application Framework 3.2.1 - Forward Slash Insufficient Filtering Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2008-09-10
- securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31107 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
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marc.info
/?l=horde-announce&m=122103888111491&w=2
mailing-list, patch
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ocert.org
/patches/2008-012/Text_Filter.patch
patch
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ocert.org
/advisories/ocert-2008-012.html
patch
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ocert.org
/patches/2008-012/Text_Filter.31.patch
patch
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securityfocus.com
/bid/31107
vdb-entry, exploit
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secunia.com
/advisories/31842
third-party-advisory, vendor-advisory
- phpmyfaq.de /advisory_2008-09-11.php
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vupen.com
/english/advisories/2008/2548
vdb-entry
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marc.info
/?l=horde-announce&m=122104360019867&w=2
mailing-list
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securityfocus.com
/archive/1/496182/100/0/threaded
mailing-list
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securityreason.com
/securityalert/4245
third-party-advisory
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openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2008/09/10/1
mailing-list
- blog.liip.ch /missed-case-in-externalinput-php-resulting-in-viable-xss-attacks.html
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exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
/vulnerabilities/45031
vdb-entry
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osvdb.org
/47996
vdb-entry
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2008-3824
- NVD CVE-2008-3824
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