CVE catalog

CVE-2008-2236

blosxom: CVE-2008-2236

Severity: Medium
Published: Oct 3, 2008, 3:07:10 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 1.25% · Oct 25, 2026

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in blosxom.cgi in Blosxom before 2.1.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the flav parameter (flavour variable). NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	blosxom	sid	`2.2.0-1`	fixed
Debian	blosxom	forky	`2.2.0-1`	fixed
Debian	blosxom	trixie	`2.1.2-2.2`	fixed
Debian	blosxom	bookworm	`2.1.2-2.1`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	blosxom	source	sid	`2.1.2-1`	low	Not reported	[500873]
Debian	blosxom	source	forky	`2.1.2-1`	low	Not reported	[500873]
Debian	blosxom	source	trixie	`2.1.2-1`	low	Not reported	[500873]
Debian	blosxom	source	bookworm	`2.1.2-1`	low	Not reported	[500873]

[Debian bug #500873]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[blosxom]Fixed
Details (2)
- 2.1.2-2.1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.1.2-1
  dsa · blosxom · debian · bookworm; dsa · blosxom · debian · 12
- 2.1.2-2.1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.1.2-1
  dsa · blosxom · debian · bookworm; dsa · blosxom · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[blosxom]Fixed
Details (2)
- 2.1.2-2.2 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.1.2-1
  dsa · blosxom · debian · 13
- 2.1.2-2.2 · all · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.1.2-1
  dsa · blosxom · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:04:09 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]