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title: "CVE-2008-4903\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-4903

Publication date 4 November 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the leave comment (feedback)
feature in Typo 5.1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject
arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) comment[author] (Name) and (2)
comment[url] (Website) parameters.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-4903?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| typo3-src | 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

This isn't typo3, it's something we don't have

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4903)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4903)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-4903)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4903)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4903>