PT-2013-1790 · Jforum · Jforum

Published 2013-02-24 · Updated 2013-02-26 · CVE-2012-5337

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 JForum version 2.1.9

Description The issue concerns multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via specific parameters, including the action, match type, sort by, and start parameters.

Recommendations For JForum version 2.1.9, update to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the jforum.page component to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the action, match type, sort by, and start parameters in the affected endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-5337

Affected Products

Jforum

References · 3

• 🔥 http://zerodaylab.com/zdl-advisories/2012-5337.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/38334 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5337 · Security Note