CVE-2007-3243 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in bb-login.php in bbPress 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the re parameter. NOTE: exploitation may require forcing the client to send a certain Referer header.

Published: 2007-06-15

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: 2.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:bbpress:bbpress:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-3233	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in bb-login.php in bbPress 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the re parameter. NOTE: exploitation may require forcing the client to send a certain Referer header.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02279.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/36818
http://www.dragoslungu.com/2007/05/30/top-10-open-source-bulletin-boards-12-months-of-vulnerabilities/#comment-55
http://www.dragoslungu.com/2007/06/07/bbpress-xss-vulnerability/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24422
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34947

History

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Subscriptions

Bbpress Bbpress

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-06-15T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T14:05:29.302Z

Reserved: 2007-06-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-3243

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-06-15T01:30:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-3243

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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