PT-2008-3646 · Mvnforum · Mvnforum

Christian Holler · Published 2008-05-09 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-2131

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 mvnForum version 1.1 GA

Description The issue is related to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. It allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the topic field. This injected content is later displayed by user/viewthread.jsp when the "quick reply button" is used.

Recommendations For mvnForum version 1.1 GA, as a temporary workaround, consider disabling the "quick reply button" until a patch is available. Restrict access to the topic field to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the topic field in user/viewthread.jsp until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2131

Affected Products

Mvnforum

References · 8

• http://mvnforum.cvs.sourceforge.net/mvnforum/mvnforum/srcweb/mvnplugin/mvnforum/user/viewthread.jsp?r1=1.316&r2=1.317 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2131 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30091 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3862 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/491713/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/29075 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42241 · Note
• http://users.own-hero.net/~decoder/advisories/mvnforum-jsxss.txt · Note