CVE-2020-5843 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Codoforum 4.8.3 allows XSS in the admin dashboard via a category to the Manage Users screen.

Published: 2020-01-07

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very 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: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-2020-26997	Codoforum 4.8.3 allows XSS in the admin dashboard via a category to the Manage Users screen.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

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 Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00547.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://codologic.com/forum/index.php?u=/category/news-and-announcements
https://vyshnavvizz.blogspot.com/2020/01/persistent-cross-site-scripting-admin.html

History

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Subscriptions

Codologic Codoforum

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-01-07T12:51:19.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T08:39:26.034Z

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

Link: CVE-2020-5843

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-01-07T13:15:10.443

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:22:19.393

Link: CVE-2020-5843

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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