PT-2013-2011 · Vanilla Forums · Aboutme

Henry Hoggard · Published 2013-05-23 · Updated 2020-06-04 · CVE-2012-6557

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 AboutMe plugin version 1.1.1 for Vanilla Forums

Description The issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via multiple parameters to the Edit My Details page, including AboutMe/RealName, AboutMe/Name, AboutMe/Quote, AboutMe/Loc, AboutMe/Emp, AboutMe/JobTit, AboutMe/HS, AboutMe/Col, AboutMe/Bio, AboutMe/Inter, AboutMe/Mus, AboutMe/Gam, AboutMe/Mov, AboutMe/FTV, or AboutMe/Bks.

Recommendations As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Edit My Details page until a patch is available. Avoid using the parameters AboutMe/RealName, AboutMe/Name, AboutMe/Quote, AboutMe/Loc, AboutMe/Emp, AboutMe/JobTit, AboutMe/HS, AboutMe/Col, AboutMe/Bio, AboutMe/Inter, AboutMe/Mus, AboutMe/Gam, AboutMe/Mov, AboutMe/FTV, or AboutMe/Bks in the affected page until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-6557

Affected Products

Aboutme

References · 6

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/18911 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://henryhoggard.co.uk/security/183 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/18911 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6557 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49207 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/53631 · Note