CVE-2008-4456 (GCVE-0-2008-4456)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-10-06 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:17
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Summary
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.
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No CVSS data available.
CWE
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References
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497885/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1397-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497158/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/38517 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1783 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=27884 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-897-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-12… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/32072 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496842/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-01… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.henlich.de/it-security/mysql-command-l… x_refsource_MISC
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2008/Oct/0026.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4357 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
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http://secunia.com/advisories/36566 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31486 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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