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    CVE-2008-2168

    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.

    Published:May 8, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:May 13, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.50386
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Apache
    Product
    Http Server

    Exploits

    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29112http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29112https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31759

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    References

    http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01539432
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31651
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34219
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35650
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3889
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491862/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491901/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491930/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491967/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29112
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-731-1
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42303
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5143
    http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01539432
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124654546101607&w=2
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2
    http://secunia.com/advisories/31651
    http://secunia.com/advisories/34219
    http://secunia.com/advisories/35650
    http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3889
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491862/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491901/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491930/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491967/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29112
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-731-1
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42303
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5143

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High