CVE-2008-5729 describes multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in AIST NetCat version 3.12 and earlier, specifically impacting the FCKeditor/neditor.php and admin/siteinfo/iframe.inc.php components. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating that an unauthenticated remote attacker could inject arbitrary web script or HTML with moderate attack complexity, potentially leading to information disclosure or session hijacking. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or inclusion in the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists via ExploitDB, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 3.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netcat:netcat:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.