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CVE-2008-2178

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin.php in LifeType 1.2.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the searchTerms parameter in an editArticleCategories operation (aka an admin category search).

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)

Lifetype — Lifetype

CWEs

References

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