Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in BMForum 5.6 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) outpused parameter to index.php, the (2) footer_copyright and (3) verandproname parameters to newtem/footer/bsd01footer.php, and the (4) topads and (5) myplugin parameters to newtem/header/bsd01header.php.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 3
- BMForum 5.6 - 'index.php' Cross-Site Scripting EDB-31825 · webapps · May 22, 2008 · verified
- BMForum 5.6 - 'bsd01footer.php' Cross-Site Scripting EDB-31826 · webapps · May 22, 2008 · verified
- BMForum 5.6 - 'bsd01header.php' Cross-Site Scripting EDB-31827 · webapps · May 22, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- bmforum-index-xss(42590) vdb-entry
- 45614 vdb-entry
- 45613 vdb-entry
- 30369 third-party-advisory
- 29339 vdb-entry
- 45612 vdb-entry
- 20080522 BMForum Remote 5.6 Miltiple XSS Vulnerability mailing-list