CVE-2008-5433

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Published Dec 11, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in login.php in PunBB 1.3 and 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the password field.

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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:punbb:punbb:1.3.1:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-5410	Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in login.php in PunBB 1.3 and 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the password field.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

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: 1.1% (1.065% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://punbb.informer.com/
http://punbb.informer.com/forums/topic/20475/punbb-132/
http://punbb.informer.com/wiki/punbb13/bugs#possible_xss_in_login
http://secunia.com/advisories/33059
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/09/3

History

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Subscriptions

Punbb Punbb

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 10:56 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Dec 11, 2008, 3:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 10:56 AM
Reserved: Dec 11, 2008, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:59 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 11, 2008, 3:30 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:59 PM

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