Phorum < 5.0.15 Multiple XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 17350

Synopsis

The remote web server contains a PHP script that suffers from multiple cross-site scripting flaws.

Description

The version of Phorum installed on the remote host is prone to multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities due to its failure to sanitize user input. An attacker can exploit these flaws to potentially cause arbitrary script and HTML code to be rendered by a user's browser in the context of the vulnerable site.

Solution

Upgrade to Phorum 5.0.15 or later.

See Also

https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/393192

https://www.phorum.org/story.php?48

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 17350

File Name: phorum_subj_and_attach.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: remote

Published: 3/17/2005

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:phorum:phorum

Required KB Items: www/PHP

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0783, CVE-2005-0784

BID: 12800

CWE: 20, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 74, 750, 751, 79, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990