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Phorum < 5.0.15 Multiple XSS
medium Nessus Plugin ID 17350
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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
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 17350
File Name: phorum_subj_and_attach.nasl
Version: 1.20
Type: remote
Family: CGI abuses : XSS
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