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CVE-2008-7271
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Help Contents web application (aka the Help Server) in Eclipse IDE, possibly…
Medium4.3EPSS 1.9%
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Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Help Contents web application (aka the Help Server) in Eclipse IDE, possibly 3.3.2, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the searchWord parameter to help/advanced/searchView.jsp or (2) the workingSet parameter in an add action to help/advanced/workingSetManager.jsp, a different issue than CVE-2010-4647.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
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References (2)
- http://r00tin.blogspot.com/2008/04/eclipse-local-web-server-exploitation.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=223539 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
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