PT-2013-2009 · Vanilla Forums · Vanilla Forums Latestcomment Plugin

Henry Hoggard · Published 2013-05-23 · Updated 2021-11-09 · CVE-2012-6555

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 Vanilla Forums LatestComment plugin version 1.1

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the discussion title. This could potentially lead to unauthorized actions on the affected forum.

Recommendations For Vanilla Forums LatestComment plugin version 1.1, consider disabling the plugin until a patch is available to prevent exploitation. Restrict access to the discussion title feature to minimize the risk of XSS attacks.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-6555

Affected Products

Vanilla Forums Latestcomment Plugin

References · 6

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/18908 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/18908 · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49249 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6555 · Security Note
• http://henryhoggard.co.uk/security/191 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/53633 · Note