CVE-2008-6437 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.8% (pctl 77)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PHPFreeForum 1.0 RC2 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) message parameter to error.php, and the (2) nickname and (3) randomid parameters to part/menu.php.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 1.77% — more likely to be exploited than 77% 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 |
|---|---|
| lukas waldauf | phpfreeforum |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | PHPFreeForum 1.0 rc2 - 'error.php?message' Cross-Site Scripting | 2008-05-22 |
| exploit-db | PHPFreeForum 1.0 rc2 - '/part/menu.php' Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities | 2008-05-22 |
References
- http://osvdb.org/45607
- http://osvdb.org/45608
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30372
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492445/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29337
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42586
- http://osvdb.org/45607
- http://osvdb.org/45608
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30372
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492445/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29337
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42586
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