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CVE-2008-4571

Plone Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in the LiveSearch module

4.3 MediumFix available

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

1.15%Down 0.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

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 MediumAV: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

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
plone
PyPI
before 3.0.4
3.0.4

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE 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.

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