PT-2020-9328 · Simple Machines · Simple Machines Forum

Published 2020-01-22 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2019-12490

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Simple Machines Forum versions prior to 2.0.16

Description: An issue in Simple Machines Forum allows reverse tabnabbing to occur due to the use of blank for external links.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 2.0.16, update to version 2.0.16 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-12490

Affected Products

Simple Machines Forum

References · 4

• 🔥 https://youtube.com/watch?v=gCVeFoxZ1DI · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12490 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-12490 · Vendor Advisory
• https://simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=570986.0 · Vendor Advisory