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Medium · 5.3 Public exploit CVE-2024-53255 EUVD-2024-50519

Reflected Cross-site Scripting in /admin?page=media via file Parameter in BoidCMS

Published Nov 25, 2024 · Updated Nov 25, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

BoidCMS is a free and open-source flat file CMS for building simple websites and blogs, developed using PHP and uses JSON as a database. In affected versions a reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the /admin?page=media endpoint in the file parameter, allowing an attacker to inject arbitrary JavaScript code. This code could be used to steal the user's session cookie, perform phishing attacks, or deface the website. This issue has been addressed in version 2.1.2 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
BoidCMS BoidCMS < 2.1.2 —

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