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CVE-2007-4899 (GCVE-0-2007-4899)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-09-14 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:08
VLAI
Summary
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Boinc Forum 5.10.20 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) id parameter to forum_forum.php, or the search_string parameter to forum_text_search_action.php in a (2) titles or (3) bodies search.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3139 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25644 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479182/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
2007-09-12 00:00
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