National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-0526

Overview

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in Vanilla Forums before 2.0.17 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Target parameter in a /entry/signin action.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: MISC

Name: http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/%5Bvanilla_forums-2.0.16%5D_cross_site_scripting

Hyperlink:http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/%5Bvanilla_forums-2.0.16%5D_cross_site_scripting

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.vanillaforums.org/discussion/14397/vanilla-2.0.17-released

Hyperlink:http://www.vanillaforums.org/discussion/14397/vanilla-2.0.17-released

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 70677

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/70677

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43074

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/43074

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110127 Re: CVE Request:Vanilla Forums 2.0.16 <= Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/27/5

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110127 CVE Request:Vanilla Forums 2.0.16 <= Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/27/2