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mvnForum
by:
SecurityFocus
4.3
CVSS
MEDIUM
Cross-Site Scripting
79
CWE
Product Name: mvnForum
Affected Version From: 1.0 GA
Affected Version To: 1.0 GA
Patch Exists: N/A
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: N/A
Metasploit: N/A
Other Scripts: N/A
Tags: N/A
CVSS Metrics: N/A
Nuclei References: N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: N/A
2005

mvnForum Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

mvnForum is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker may leverage this issue to have arbitrary script code execute in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to ensure that user-supplied data is properly sanitized.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18663/info

mvnForum is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input. 

An attacker may leverage this issue to have arbitrary script code execute in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

This issue affects version 1.0 GA; other versions may also be vulnerable.

Example http://www.example.com/activatemember?activatecode=%22%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.cookie)%3C/script%3E

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