CVE-2020-5842 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Codoforum 4.8.3 allows XSS in the user registration page: via the username field to the index.php?u=/user/register URI. The payload is, for example, executed on the admin/index.php?page=users/manage page.

Published: 2020-01-07

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 1.8% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:codologic:codoforum:4.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2020-26996	Codoforum 4.8.3 allows XSS in the user registration page: via the username field to the index.php?u=/user/register URI. The payload is, for example, executed on the admin/index.php?page=users/manage page.

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 0.01816.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://medium.com/%40prasanthc41m/cve-2020-5842-stored-xss-vulnerability-in-codoforum-4-8-3-b2e1133c6a91
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47876

History

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Subscriptions

Codologic Codoforum

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-01-07T19:17:55.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T08:39:25.925Z

Reserved: 2020-01-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-5842

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-01-07T20:15:09.960

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:22:19.283

Link: CVE-2020-5842

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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