Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the font rendering functionality in Novemberborn sIFR 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject…

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the font rendering functionality in Novemberborn sIFR 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the txt parameter to a Flash (SWF) file, as demonstrated by fonts/FuturaLt.swf.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-79 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• 41006 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 20080122 Re: PR07-38: XSS on sIFR (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://novemberborn.net/sifr/2.0.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• sifr-fontname-xss(39835) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 3571 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• 27394 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 20080205 Re: PR07-38: XSS on sIFR (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 20080122 PR07-38: XSS on sIFR (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://www.procheckup.com/Vulnerability_PR07-38.php (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2008-0438](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2008-0438.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2008-0438)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 07:46 UTC.