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CVE-2008-2929

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the adminutil library in the Directory Server Administration Expr

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the adminutil library in the Directory Server Administration Express and Directory Server Gateway (DSGW) web interface in Red Hat Directory Server 7.1 before SP7 and 8 EL4 and EL5, and Fedora Directory Server, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via input values that use % (percent) escaping.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.00627
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Weakness Classification

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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Affected Products & Versions

2
fedora directory serverall versions
redhat directory serverall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD29 Aug 2008 · 06:41 PM
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Vendor Advisories

2
rhsaRHSA-2008:0596Low
rhsaRHSA-2008:0601Moderate
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References & Sources

16
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01532861
http://secunia.com/advisories/31565
http://secunia.com/advisories/31612
http://secunia.com/advisories/31702
http://secunia.com/advisories/31777
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020772
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