# CVE-2008-6885: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Remote attackers can inject arbitrary web script via private messages in XOOPS, requiring user interaction to execute.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 31 Jul 2009
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qhc4-w742-6vxx

## What is CVE-2008-6885?

CVE-2008-6885 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Jul 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in pmlite.php in XOOPS 2.3.1 and 2.3.2a allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a STYLE attribute in a URL BBcode tag in a private message.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-6885?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Xoops Xoops.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-6885?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-6885 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2008-6885 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-6885 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2017-11174](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-11174/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-36217](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-36217/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2009-3963](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3963/): Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in XOOPS before 2.4.0 Final have unknown impact and attack vectors. (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2008-5665](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5665/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2008-3296](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3296/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-6885 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-6885 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Jul 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-6885 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6885/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-6885/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-6885
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6885
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-6885

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.