CVE-2007-3243

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Published Jun 15, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 1.8% KEV · Not listed

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in bb-login.php in bbPress 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the re parameter. NOTE: exploitation may require forcing the client to send a certain Referer header.

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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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:bbpress:bbpress:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-3233	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in bb-login.php in bbPress 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the re parameter. NOTE: exploitation may require forcing the client to send a certain Referer header.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

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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.

Exploit prediction score: 1.8% (1.802% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/36818
http://www.dragoslungu.com/2007/05/30/top-10-open-source-bulletin-boards-12-months-of-vulnerabilities/#comment-55
http://www.dragoslungu.com/2007/06/07/bbpress-xss-vulnerability/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24422
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34947

History

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Subscriptions

Bbpress Bbpress

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 2:05 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jun 15, 2007, 1:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 2:05 PM
Reserved: Jun 14, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:41 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 15, 2007, 1:30 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:41 PM

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