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CVE-2008-2025

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Apache Struts before 1.2.9-162.31.1 on SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) 11, before 1.2.9-108.2 on SUSE openSUSE 10.3, before 1.2.9-198.2 on SUSE openSUSE 11.0, and before 1.2.9-162.163.2 on SUSE openSUSE 11.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to "insufficient quoting of parameters."

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2008-2025 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 3 products from apache, from novell, from opensuse organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Originally identified in 2009, this vulnerability predates many modern security frameworks and practices. The vulnerability landscape of that era was characterized by different threat models and less mature defense mechanisms compared to contemporary standards.

Published

2009-04-09T15:08:35.483

Last Modified

2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-79

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	apache	struts	1.0.2	Yes
Application	apache	struts	1.1	Yes
Application	apache	struts	1.2.4	Yes
Application	apache	struts	1.2.7	Yes
Application	apache	struts	1.2.8	Yes
Operating System	novell	suse_linux	11	No
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	10.3	No
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	11.0	No
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	11.1	No

References

http://download.opensuse.org/update/10.3-test/repodata/patch-struts-5872.xml Patch ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/53380 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34567 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/34642 ([email protected])
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2025.html ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=385273 ([email protected])
https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2008-2025 ([email protected])
http://download.opensuse.org/update/10.3-test/repodata/patch-struts-5872.xml Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00003.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://osvdb.org/53380 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34567 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34642 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2025.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=385273 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2008-2025 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For apache's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.