{"cve":"CVE-2008-5996","nvd":{"published":"2009-01-28T15:30:00.437","modified":"2026-06-16T23:01:22.763","status":"Modified","description":"Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Simplenews module 5.x before 5.x-1.5 and 6.x before 6.x-1.0-beta4, a module for Drupal, allows remote authenticated users, with \"administer taxonomy\" permissions, to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a Newsletter category field.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-79"],"references":["http://drupal.org/node/312944","http://secunia.com/advisories/32022","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31377","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45407","http://drupal.org/node/312944"],"products":["link3:simplenews"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:53:23.791937413+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-5996","score":0.00842,"percentile":0.57922,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}