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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802530
Category:Web application abuses
Title:Phorum <= 5.2.18 XSS Vulnerability - Active Check
Summary:Phorum is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Phorum is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
The flaw is due to an input appended to the URL after
'admin.php' is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will allow attacker to execute arbitrary
HTML and script code in a user's browser session in the context of an affected site.

Affected Software/OS:
Phorum version 5.2.18 and probably prior.

Solution:
No known solution was made available for at least one year
since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution
options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or
replace the product by another one.

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-4561
BugTraq ID: 49920
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49920
Bugtraq: 20111003 Phorum 5.2.18 Cross-site scripting vulnerability (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/519991/100/0/threaded
http://www.rul3z.de/advisories/SSCHADV2011-023.txt
http://osvdb.org/76026
http://secunia.com/advisories/46282
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG

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