freeForum Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

vendor:

freeForum

by:

SecurityFocus

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

Cross-Site Scripting

CWE

Product Name: freeForum

Affected Version From: 1.7

Affected Version To: 1.7

Patch Exists: YES

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

2008

freeForum Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

freeForum is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input data. An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code 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 does not include malicious code.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30509/info

freeForum is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input data.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code 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.

freeForum 1.7 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

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