PT-2019-9620 · Gnuboard · Gnuboard5

Published 2019-11-07 · Updated 2024-09-19 · CVE-2018-18674

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNUBOARD5 version 5.3.1.9

Description The issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the bo content tail parameter, also referred to as the "board tail contents" parameter, in the "adm/board form update.php" API endpoint.

Recommendations For GNUBOARD5 version 5.3.1.9, consider restricting access to the bo content tail parameter in the "adm/board form update.php" endpoint until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the bo content tail parameter to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-18674

Affected Products

Gnuboard5

References · 7

• https://github.com/gnuboard/gnuboard5/compare/15b2e73...2549172 · Patch
• https://github.com/gnuboard/gnuboard5/commit/a45241f4bc46aee1ab2cc0749f6444b043681edf#diff-653a2b5a93ed2ca9b8c809ba723638c1 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-18674 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18674 · Security Note
• https://github.com/gnuboard/gnuboard5/releases/tag/5.3.2.0 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18674 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/95234 · Telegram Post