Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 28, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-5996
CVE-2008-5996
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Simplenews module 5.x before 5.x-1.5 and 6.x before 6.x-1.0-beta4, a module for Drupal, allows remote authenticated users, with "administer taxonomy" permissions, to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a Newsletter category field.
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Affected products
15cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 13 more
- cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=5.x-1.4
- cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:4.6.x-1.x-dev:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:4.7.x-1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:4.7.x-1.x-dev:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:4.7.x-2.x-dev:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:5.x-1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:5.x-1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:5.x-1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:5.x-1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:5.x-1.x-dev:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:6.x-1.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:6.x-1.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:6.x-1.x-dev:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:link3:simplenews:*:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=6.x-1.0
- Range: 5.x before 5.x-1.5 and 6.x before 6.x-1.0-beta4
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- drupal.org/node/312944nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31377nvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/32022nvdVendor Advisory
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45407nvd
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