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CVE-2004-2363

Published: Aug 16, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

No Known Exploits

Patch Available

Description

Validate-Before-Canonicalize vulnerability in the checkURI function in functions.inc.php in PHPX 3.0 through 3.2.6 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via hex-encoded tags, which bypass the check for literal "<", ">", "(", and ")" characters, as demonstrated using the limit parameter to forums.php and a variety of other vectors.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:MAccess Complexity

Medium

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

Affected Products

On-prem

Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core

phpx Web & CMS Pluginsaka phpx

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://www.phpx.org/project.php?action=view&project_id=1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10283

securityfocus.com

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16065

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com

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Timeline

Published

Aug 16, 2005

Last Updated

Apr 16, 2026

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