PT-2007-6798 · Bosnews · Bosnews

Published 2007-11-05 · Updated 2018-10-15 · CVE-2007-5834

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BosNews version 4

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a SCRIPT element in a news post. This could potentially lead to unauthorized actions on the affected system.

Recommendations For BosNews version 4, consider disabling the ability to post news items that include SCRIPT elements until a patch is available. Restrict access to posting news items to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-5834

Affected Products

Bosnews

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5834 · Security Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3343 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/482732/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://osvdb.org/39062 · Note