Cross-site scripting in Vanilla - CVE-2011-0526
Published: February 8, 2011 / Updated: February 11, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU45361
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-0526
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Lussumo
Affected software:
Vanilla
Vanilla
Detailed vulnerability description
Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.
An input validation error exists in index.php in Vanilla Forums before 2.0.17 when processing Target parameter in a /entry/signin action. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-0526
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/27/2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/27/5
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43074
- http://www.osvdb.org/70677
- http://www.vanillaforums.org/discussion/14397/vanilla-2.0.17-released
- http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/%5Bvanilla_forums-2.0.16%5D_cross_site_scripting