CVE-2008-2168

N/A Unknown

Published: May 13, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache 2.2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via UTF-7 encoded URLs that are not properly handled when displaying the 403 Forbidden error page.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01539432

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/31651

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/34219

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/35650

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3889

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491862/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491901/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491930/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491967/100/0/threaded

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29112

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-731-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42303

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5143

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01539432