National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-4565
Original release date:11/28/2011
Last revised:11/29/2011
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in XOOPS 2.5.1.a, and possibly earlier versions, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) text parameter to include/formdhtmltextarea_preview.php or (2) img BBCODE tag within the message parameter to pmlite.php (aka Private Message). NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification
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External Source: MISC
Name: https://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/multiple_xss_in_xoops_web_application_platform.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://xoops.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=6094
External Source: XF
Name: xoops-formdhtmltextareapreview-xss(70378)
External Source: XF
Name: xoops-pmlite-xss(70377)
External Source: BID
Name: 49995
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 46238
Type: Advisory
Technical Details
- Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)