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CVE-2008-4456

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
06/10/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.60 LOW
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
2.60
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mysql:mysql:5.0.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.0.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.0.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.0.30:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.0.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.0.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.0.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.0.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.0.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.0.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.0.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:5.0.67:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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