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    CVE-2008-5996

    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.

    Published:Jan 28, 2009
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Jan 28, 2009
    EPSS Score:0.00125
    CVSS Score:3.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Drupal
    Product
    Drupal
    Vendor
    Link3
    Product
    Simplenews

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    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