PT-2013-1791 · Jforum · Jforum

Published 2013-09-23 · Updated 2013-09-24 · CVE-2012-5338

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 JForum version 2.1.9

Description A security issue allows remote attackers to redirect users to arbitrary web sites, potentially leading to phishing attacks. This is achieved by manipulating a URL in the returnPath parameter within a validateLogin action to jforum.page.

Recommendations For JForum version 2.1.9, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the validateLogin action or validating the returnPath parameter to prevent redirects to unauthorized sites.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-5338

Affected Products

Jforum

References · 2

• 🔥 http://zerodaylab.com/zdl-advisories/2012-5338.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5338 · Security Note