CVE-2008-5996

LowCVSS 3.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 3.5/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-79

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jan 28, 2009
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2008-5996: Low severity, CVSS 3.5 | Vulnix