PT-2009-1902 · Bmforum · Bmforum

Published 2009-03-06 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-6431

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: BMForum version 5.6

Description: The issue concerns multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. The affected parameters include outpused in the "/index.php" endpoint, footer copyright and verandproname in the "/newtem/footer/bsd01footer.php" endpoint, and topads and myplugin in the "/newtem/header/bsd01header.php" endpoint.

Recommendations: For BMForum version 5.6, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the vulnerable parameters outpused, footer copyright, verandproname, topads, and myplugin until a patch is available. Avoid using these parameters in the affected API endpoints until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-6431

Affected Products

Bmforum

References · 11

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/31827 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/31825 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/29339 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/31826 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6431 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30369 · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/45613 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/492449/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://osvdb.org/45614 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/45612 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42590 · Note