Vanilla Forums up to 2.4 Message Stored cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Vanilla Forums up to 2.4. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation as part of Message leads to cross site scripting (Stored). This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-8279. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Vanilla Forums up to 2.4 (Forum Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation as part of a Message leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Stored). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Multiple stored XSS in Vanilla Forums before 2.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript code into any message on forum.

The bug was discovered 02/12/2019. The weakness was shared 03/02/2019. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-8279 since 02/12/2019. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 18 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 2.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 5.4
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Stored
Class: Cross site scripting / Stored
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Vanilla Forums 2.5

Timelineinfo

02/12/2019 🔍
02/12/2019 +0 days 🔍
03/02/2019 +18 days 🔍
03/02/2019 +0 days 🔍
07/26/2023 +1607 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: scriptinjection.blogspot.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-8279 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-8279
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-131294

Entryinfo

Created: 03/02/2019 11:42
Updated: 07/26/2023 10:11
Changes: 03/02/2019 11:42 (56), 05/13/2020 15:12 (1), 07/26/2023 10:11 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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