Phorum admin.php smiley_id cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Phorum. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file admin.php. The manipulation of the argument smiley_id leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2007-2249. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Phorum (Forum Software) (the affected version is unknown). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the file admin.php. The manipulation of the argument smiley_id with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. Impacted is integrity.

The weakness was released 04/19/2007 by Janek Vind (Website). The advisory is shared at waraxe.us. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-2249. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:admin.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (29889), SecurityFocus (BID 23616†), OSVDB (35058†), Secunia (SA24932†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017936†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-36470, VDB-36469, VDB-36387 and VDB-36386. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.2

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/19/2007 🔍
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04/25/2007 +1 days 🔍
05/08/2016 +3301 days 🔍
11/07/2025 +3470 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: waraxe.us
Researcher: Janek Vind
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-2249 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-2249
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-85481
SecurityFocus: 23616 - Phorum Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 24932 - Phorum Multiple Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 35058 - Phorum admin.php modsettings Module smiley_id Parameter XSS
SecurityTracker: 1017936

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/08/2016 21:52
Updated: 11/07/2025 04:47
Changes: 05/08/2016 21:52 (46), 12/07/2018 12:23 (7), 08/10/2022 10:04 (3), 08/10/2022 10:05 (7), 02/02/2025 22:18 (19), 11/07/2025 04:47 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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