CVE-2008-5996 describes a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Simplenews module for Drupal, affecting versions 5.x before 5.x-1.5 and 6.x before 6.x-1.0-beta4. This flaw allows authenticated users with "administer taxonomy" permissions to inject malicious web scripts or HTML through a Newsletter category field. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.5, indicating a medium attack complexity and requiring user authentication, with a potential impact of partial integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.x-1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 6.x-1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:*:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.6.x-1.x-devCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:4.6.x-1.x-dev:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.7.x-1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:4.7.x-1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.7.x-1.x-devCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:4.7.x-1.x-dev:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
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