# CVE-2008-5814: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PHP, possibly 5.2.7 and earlier, when display\_errors is enabled, allows remote attackers to inje

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-01-02 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PHP, possibly 5.2.7 and earlier, when display_errors is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors. NOTE: because of the lack of details, it is unclear whether this is related to CVE-2006-0208.

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## References

- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN50327700/index.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124277349419254&w=2
- http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-000084.html
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02029444
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35007
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34933
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34830
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-761-2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35108
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0350.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35003
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10501
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47496
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1338
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/761-1/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1789

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