CVE-2008-0178 describes a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Liferay Portal 4.3.6, specifically within its Enterprise Admin Session Monitoring component. This flaw allows remote authenticated users to inject malicious web scripts or HTML by manipulating the User-Agent HTTP header. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring user interaction (medium complexity) but only resulting in partial integrity impact (e.g., defacement, session hijacking) without affecting confidentiality or availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog and having no active Metasploit or Nuclei exploits, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-31082) exists, indicating public exploit code availability, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay_enterprise_portal:4.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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