CVE-2008-4571: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

May 2, 2022 (updated February 9, 2024)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the LiveSearch module in Plone before 3.0.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Description field for search results, as demonstrated using the onerror Javascript even in an IMG tag.

References

dev.plone.org/plone/ticket/7439
plone.org/products/plone/releases/3.0.4
github.com/advisories/GHSA-46f9-f8jm-mw2x
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4571
web.archive.org/web/20081012113150/http://secunia.com/advisories/28293
web.archive.org/web/20120705155735/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27098

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