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CVE-2008-0971

Published: Dec 19, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-79
3.5LOW
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.5%
Top 29.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in index.cgi in Barracuda Spam Firewall (BSF) before 3.5.12.007, Message Archiver before 1.2.1.002, Web Filter before 3.3.0.052, IM Firewall before 3.1.01.017, and Load Balancer before 2.3.024 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the Policy Name field in Search Based Retention Policy in Message Archiver; unspecified parameters in the (2) IP Configuration, (3) Administration, (4) Journal Accounts, (5) Retention Policy, and (6) GroupWise Sync components in Message Archiver; (7) input to search operations in Web Filter; and (8) input used in error messages and (9) hidden INPUT elements in (a) Spam Firewall, (b) IM Firewall, and (c) Web Filter.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:SC:NI:PA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:SAuthentication
Single
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected Products

n/an/a
barracuda im firewallbarracuda networks
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / firewall
barracuda load balancerbarracuda networks
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / firewall
barracuda message archiverbarracuda networks
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / firewall
barracuda spam firewallbarracuda networks
On-prem
Networking Infrastructure / firewall
barracuda networkscommercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka barracuda spam firewall, barracuda im firewall, rmm
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

http://dcsl.ul.ie/advisories/03.htm
dcsl.ul.ie
http://secunia.com/advisories/33164
secunia.com
http://www.osvdb.org/50709
osvdb.org
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Timeline

Published
Dec 19, 2008
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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