CVE-2008-4456

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the command-line client in MySQL 5.0.26 through 5.0.45, and other versions including versions later than 5.0.45, when the --html option is enabled, allows attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by placing it in a database cell, which might be accessed by this client when composing an HTML document. NOTE: as of 20081031, the issue has not been fixed in MySQL 5.0.67.

CVSS v2.0 NVD

2.6 LOWAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS

7.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 94th percentile

Published

2008-10-06

Updated

2024-08-07

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32445

Security advisories

• http://secunia.com/advisories/32072
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34907
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38517
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-897-1
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:094
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1289.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0110.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31486
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1397-1

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry