#VU25400 Cross-site scripting in Codoforum - CVE-2020-7051
Published: February 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU25400
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7051
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Codoforum
Codoforum
Software vendor:
Codologic
Codologic
Description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the login area. A remote attacker can permanently inject and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in 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.
Note: This is relevant in conjunction with CVE-2020-5842 because session cookies lack the HttpOnly flag.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..