CVE-2008-6431 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.8% (pctl 78)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in BMForum 5.6 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) outpused parameter to index.php, the (2) footer_copyright and (3) verandproname parameters to newtem/footer/bsd01footer.php, and the (4) topads and (5) myplugin parameters to newtem/header/bsd01header.php.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 1.82% — more likely to be exploited than 78% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-03-06 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| bmforum | bmforum |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | BMForum 5.6 - 'index.php' Cross-Site Scripting | 2008-05-22 |
| exploit-db | BMForum 5.6 - 'bsd01footer.php' Cross-Site Scripting | 2008-05-22 |
| exploit-db | BMForum 5.6 - 'bsd01header.php' Cross-Site Scripting | 2008-05-22 |
References
- http://osvdb.org/45612
- http://osvdb.org/45613
- http://osvdb.org/45614
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30369
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492449/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29339
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42590
- http://osvdb.org/45612
- http://osvdb.org/45613
- http://osvdb.org/45614
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30369
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492449/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29339
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42590
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