Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2008-6879 is a cross-site scripting issue in Apache Roller 2.3, 3.0, 3.1, and 4.0. A remote attacker could inject script or HTML through the search action's q parameter. Business risk depends on whether those old Roller versions remain exposed to users. Exposure is most likely in legacy Apache Roller blog or site installations running versions 2.3, 3.0, 3.1, or 4.0, especially if publicly reachable search pages are enabled. Prioritize as a legacy web application exposure issue. It is not marked as actively exploited in the supplied evidence, but public-facing affected Roller deployments should be found and remediated because XSS can affect users and sessions. Mitigation focus: Identify any Apache Roller deployments and their versions.; Check Apache Roller ROL-1766 and revision 668737 for vendor guidance.; Upgrade or patch only according to confirmed Apache Roller guidance..
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