CVE-2008-5211

medium

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in Sphider 1.3.4, when the search suggestion feature is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query parameter, a different vector than CVE-2006-2506.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42240

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29074

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491712/100/0/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4629

http://secunia.com/advisories/30082

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-11-24

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03788