PT-2008-3050 · Punbb · Punbb

Published 2008-03-24 · Updated 2009-09-01 · CVE-2008-1485

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 PunBB versions 1.2.16 and earlier

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the get host parameter to "moderate.php" API endpoint.

Recommendations For PunBB versions 1.2.16 and earlier, avoid using the get host parameter in the "moderate.php" endpoint until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "moderate.php" endpoint to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1485

Affected Products

Punbb

References · 5

• http://secunia.com/advisories/29043 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1485 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1485 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/45561 · Note
• http://punbb.org/download/changelogs/1.2.16_to_1.2.17.txt · Note