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Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the command...

Low severity Unreviewed Published May 2, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 31, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the command-line client in MySQL 5.0.26 through 5.0.45, and other versions including versions later than 5.0.45, when the --html option is enabled, allows attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by placing it in a database cell, which might be accessed by this client when composing an HTML document. NOTE: as of 20081031, the issue has not been fixed in MySQL 5.0.67.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 6, 2008
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 2, 2022
Last updated Jan 31, 2023

Severity

Low

EPSS score

1.164%
(85th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2008-4456

GHSA ID

GHSA-wwgr-xr73-wm3j

Source code

No known source code

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