CVE-2008-4571
Plone Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in the LiveSearch module
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the LiveSearch module in Plone before 3.0.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Description field for search results, as demonstrated using the onerror Javascript even in an IMG tag.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
4.3
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the LiveSearch module in Plone before 3.0.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Description field for search results, as demonstrated using the onerror Javascript even in an IMG tag.
- Record
CVE-2008-4571- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the LiveSearch module in Plone before 3.0.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Description field for search results, as demonstrated using the onerror Javascript even in an IMG tag.
- Record
CVE-2008-4571- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-2315 No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the LiveSearch module in Plone before 3.0.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Description field for search results, as demonstrated using the onerror Javascript even in an IMG tag.
- Record
EUVD-2022-2315- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-46f9-f8jm-mw2x No score
Plone Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in the LiveSearch module
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the LiveSearch module in Plone before 3.0.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Description field for search results, as demonstrated using the onerror Javascript even in an IMG tag.
- Record
GHSA-46f9-f8jm-mw2x- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-46f9-f8jm-mw2x No score
Plone Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in the LiveSearch module
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the LiveSearch module in Plone before 3.0.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Description field for search results, as demonstrated using the onerror Javascript even in an IMG tag.
- Record
GHSA-46f9-f8jm-mw2x- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2026-730 No score
Plone Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in the LiveSearch module
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the LiveSearch module in Plone before 3.0.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Description field for search results, as demonstrated using the onerror Javascript even in an IMG tag.
- Record
PYSEC-2026-730- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
plonePyPI |
before 3.0.4 | 3.0.4 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2008-4571 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Plone, published October 15, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.15%, the 67th percentile. Fixed in plone 3.0.4.