Vulnerability CVE-2008-7017
Published: 2009-08-21   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in analyse.php in CAcert 20080921, and possibly other versions before 20080928, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the CN (CommonName) field in the subject of an X.509 certificate.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
CAcert - Cross Site Scripting
Alexander Klink
24.08.2009

Type:

CWE-79

 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Cacert -> Cacert 

 References:
http://www.cynops.de/advisories/AKLINK-SA-2008-007.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31481
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45515
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