CVE-2020-18661 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in gnuboard5 <=v5.3.2.8 via the url parameter to bbs/login.php.

Published: 2021-06-24

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 1.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sir:gnuboard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-10585	Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in gnuboard5 <=v5.3.2.8 via the url parameter to bbs/login.php.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01135.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/LoRexxar/CVE_Request/tree/master/gnuboard5%20mul%20vuls%20before%20v5.3.2.8#limited-reflective-xss-in-bbsloginphp
https://github.com/gnuboard/gnuboard5/issues/43
https://www.seebug.org/vuldb/ssvid-97925

History

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Sir Sir gnuboard
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:gnuboard:gnuboard5::::::::	cpe:2.3:a:sir:gnuboard::::::::
Vendors & Products	Gnuboard Gnuboard gnuboard5	Sir Sir gnuboard

Subscriptions

Sir Gnuboard

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-06-24T14:54:19.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T14:00:49.274Z

Reserved: 2020-08-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-18661

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-06-24T15:15:08.113

Modified: 2026-06-17T02:59:23.133

Link: CVE-2020-18661

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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