CVE-2011-4561 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin.php in Phorum 5.2.18 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to admin/index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2011-11-28

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2011-4487	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin.php in Phorum 5.2.18 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the PATH_INFO to admin/index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

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 0.00431.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/76026
http://secunia.com/advisories/46282
http://www.rul3z.de/advisories/SSCHADV2011-023.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519991/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49920

History

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Subscriptions

Phorum Phorum

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2011-11-28T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:09:18.944Z

Reserved: 2011-11-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-4561

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-11-28T21:55:08.497

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-4561

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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