CVE-2011-4561
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin.php in Phorum 5.2.18 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to admin/index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Phorum 5.2.18 - '/admin/index.php' Cross-Site Scripting
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| phorum | phorum | 5.2.18 | |
References
- http://osvdb.org/76026
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46282
- http://www.rul3z.de/advisories/SSCHADV2011-023.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519991/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49920
- http://osvdb.org/76026
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46282
- http://www.rul3z.de/advisories/SSCHADV2011-023.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519991/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49920
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.