CVE-2008-6437 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PHPFreeForum 1.0 RC2 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) message parameter to error.php, and the (2) nickname and (3) randomid parameters to part/menu.php.

Published: 2009-03-06

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 1.8% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:lukas_waldauf:phpfreeforum:*:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-6407	Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PHPFreeForum 1.0 RC2 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) message parameter to error.php, and the (2) nickname and (3) randomid parameters to part/menu.php.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01765.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/45607
http://osvdb.org/45608
http://secunia.com/advisories/30372
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492445/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29337
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42586

History

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Subscriptions

Lukas Waldauf Phpfreeforum

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-03-06T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T11:27:35.947Z

Reserved: 2009-03-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-6437

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-03-06T18:30:00.640

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:02:13.587

Link: CVE-2008-6437

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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