CVE-2008-2168 is a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Apache HTTP Server versions 2.2.6 and earlier. It allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via specially crafted UTF-7 encoded URLs that are not properly sanitized when displaying the 403 Forbidden error page. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity and a potential impact of partial information disclosure. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry exists for a related UTF-7 HTTP response handling issue in Internet Explorer, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.28CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.0.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.28CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.0.28:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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