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CVE-2008-1300 Alkacon OpenCms

Affected softwareAlkacon OpenCms
Severity4.3 Medium CVSS 2.0
Fixed in7.0.5
WeaknessCross-site scripting (CWE-79)
Published12 Mar 2008
Updated16 Jun 2026

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Logfile Viewer Settings function in system/workplace/admin/workplace/logfileview/logfileViewSettings.jsp in Alkacon OpenCms 7.0.3 and 7.0.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the filePath.0 parameter in a save action, a different vector than CVE-2008-1045.

Exploitation status

Working exploit published

A reviewed exploit catalogue lists ready-to-run exploit code for this CVE.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC 1 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in Exploit-DB; first seen 2008-03-08.
  • EPSS 1.5% chance in 30 days
IndexArtifactStarsFirst seen
Exploit-DB Alkacon OpenCMS 7.0.3 - 'logfileViewSettings.jsp?filePath' Cross-Site Scripting 2008-03-08

Waratek protection

Mitigation candidate

A kind of vulnerability Waratek's rules address, with exploit code published or exploitation reported. No rule exists and none is planned yet. The decision below says what we found to build a rule from.

  • Protection none
  • Action unverified
  • Review automated Inferred
  • Record active
Decided by The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read
Finding This CVE affects an open-source Java library published on Maven Central (Maven packages: org.opencms:opencms-core), so it is squarely in ARMR's territory and the source needed to understand the defect is public. That makes it a candidate for an ARMR patch rule. No rule exists and none is scheduled: the diff between the affected and fixed versions has not been read, and a closer look may find no hook point ARMR can act on.

Affected software and releases

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.opencms:opencms-core 7.0.3 7.0.5 unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 3 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd alkacon opencms generic 7.0.3 · 7.0.4
osv org.opencms opencms-core generic ≥ 7.0.3 and < 7.0.5

References

URLTags
https://github.com/alkacon/opencms-core/commit/7b73b5559c1b025dfe0f7b38ed4119c25b9df409 WEB
https://github.com/alkacon/opencms-core WEB
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3731 WEB
http://secunia.com/advisories/29278 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489291/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28152 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41095

Timeline

Published2008-03-12By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-16NVD's own last-modified date for this record.