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HistoryAug 08, 2012 - 12:00 a.m.

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Phorum

2012-08-0800:00:00
High-Tech Bridge
www.htbridge.com
28

4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

0.01 Low

EPSS

Percentile

81.7%

High-Tech Bridge Security Research Lab discovered vulnerability in Phorum, which can be exploited to perform Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attacks.

  1. Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Phorum: CVE-2012-4234
    Input passed via the “group” GET parameter to /control.php is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user.
    This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user’s browser session in context of an affected website.
    The following PoC demonstrates the vulnerability:
    http://[host]/control.php?0,panel=groupmod,group=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28d ocument.cookie%29;%3C/script%3E
CPENameOperatorVersion
phorumle5.2.18

4.3 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

0.01 Low

EPSS

Percentile

81.7%