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CVE-2008-1972

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the user account creation feature in Exponent CMS 0.96.6-GA20071003 and earlier, when the Allow Registration? configuration option is enabled, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) username, (2) firstname, (3) lastname, and (4) e-mail address fields. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Oicgroup — Exponent CMS

CWEs

References

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