vendor:
Vanilla Forums
by:
Sayak Naskar
5.4
CVSS
MEDIUM
Persistent Cross-Site Scripting
79
CWE
Product Name: Vanilla Forums
Affected Version From: 2.6.3
Affected Version To: 2.6.3
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: CVE-2020-8825
CPE: 2.6.3
Metasploit:
N/A
Other Scripts:
N/A
Platforms Tested: Windows, Linux
2020
Vanilla Forums 2.6.3 – Persistent Cross-Site Scripting
A Stored xss was found in Vanillaforum 2.6.3. An attacker will insert a payload on branding section. So, whenever an user will open the branding section then attacker automatically get all sensitive information of the user.
Mitigation:
Ensure that user input is properly sanitized and validated before being used in the application.