PT-2019-9622 · Gnuboard · Gnuboard5

Published 2019-07-23 · Updated 2024-09-19 · CVE-2018-18676

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 mobile content tail parameter, also referred to as the "mobile board tail contents" parameter, in the adm/board form update.php endpoint. This can be exploited by attackers to inject malicious scripts.

Recommendations For GNUBOARD5 version 5.3.1.9, consider disabling the bo mobile content tail parameter in the adm/board form update.php endpoint until a patch is available to prevent exploitation. Restrict access to this endpoint to minimize the risk of arbitrary web script or HTML injection.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-18676

Affected Products

Gnuboard5

References · 8

• https://github.com/gnuboard/gnuboard5/commit/a45241f4bc46aee1ab2cc0749f6444b043681edf#diff-653a2b5a93ed2ca9b8c809ba723638c1 · Patch
• https://github.com/gnuboard/gnuboard5/compare/15b2e73...2549172 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-18676 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18676 · Security Note
• https://github.com/gnuboard/gnuboard5/releases/tag/5.3.2.0 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/5667 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/95231 · Telegram Post
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18676 · Note