Medium 4.3Published Aug 6, 2008

CVE-2008-2939Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in proxy_ftp.c in the mod_proxy_ftp module in Apache 2.0.63 and earlier, and mod_proxy_ftp.c in the mod_proxy_ftp module in Apache 2.2.9 and earlier 2.2 versi…

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Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in proxy_ftp.c in the mod_proxy_ftp module in Apache 2.0.63 and earlier, and mod_proxy_ftp.c in the mod_proxy_ftp module in Apache 2.2.9 and earlier 2.2 versions, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a wildcard in the last directory component in the pathname in an FTP URI.

CVSS: 4.3 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-79
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

apache http_server apache:http_server	through 2.0.63; from 2.2.0 through 2.2.9	NVD
apple mac_os_x apple:mac_os_x	through 10.5.6	NVD
canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux	6.06; 7.10; 8.04	NVD
opensuse opensuse opensuse:opensuse	10.2; 10.3; 11.0	NVD

References

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html	mailing-list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00000.html	third-party-advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123376588623823&w=2	third-party-advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125631037611762&w=2	third-party-advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0967.html	third-party-advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31384	broken-link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31673	broken-link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32685	broken-link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32838	broken-link
http://secunia.com/advisories/33156	broken-link
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