CVE-2007-0769

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Published Feb 6, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 6.8 Medium EPSS 1.3% KEV · Not listed

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in register.php in Phorum 5.1.18 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating that "The characters are escaped properly.

Affected Products

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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:phorum:phorum:5.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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Metrics

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

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Exploit prediction score: 1.3% (1.251% probability within 30 days)

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.phorum.org/phorum5/read.php?12%2C119757
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458461/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458467/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22297
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0410

History

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Subscriptions

Phorum Phorum

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 12:34 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Feb 6, 2007, 2:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 12:34 PM
Reserved: Feb 5, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:36 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Feb 6, 2007, 2:28 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:36 PM

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