PT-2011-2751 · Vanilla · Vanilla Forums

Timvanilla Staff · Published 2011-02-08 · Updated 2020-06-04 · CVE-2011-0908

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Vanilla Forums versions prior to 2.0.17.6

Description The issue allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites and conduct phishing attacks via a URL in the Target parameter. This can be exploited to trick users into revealing sensitive information.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.0.17.6, update to version 2.0.17.6 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the component that utilizes the Target parameter to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-0908

Affected Products

Vanilla Forums

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0908 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0908 · Note
• http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/comment/134729/#Comment_134729 · Note