CVE-2008-0455: Apache HTTP Server

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 64.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the mod_negotiation module in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.6 and earlier in the 2.2.x series, 2.0.61 and earlier in the 2.0.x series, and 1.3.39 and earlier in the 1.3.x series allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by uploading a file with a name containing XSS sequences and a file extension, which leads to injection within a (1) "406 Not Acceptable" or (2) "300 Multiple Choices" HTTP response when the extension is omitted in a request for the file.

Affected products

• Apache HTTP Server: from 2.2.0, before 2.2.23 (fixed in 2.2.23); from 2.4.1, before 2.4.3 (fixed in 2.4.3)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 5.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 5.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 5.0 only
• Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform: version 6.0.0 only; version 6.4.0 only

Published 2008-01-25. Last modified 2026-06-16.