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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2007-2248 json

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in admin.php in Phorum before 5.1.22 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web scr…

published 2007-04-25 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-2243

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in admin.php in Phorum before 5.1.22 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) group_id parameter in the groups module or (2) the smiley_id parameter in the smileys modsettings module.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-29888)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-29888 Phorum 5.1.20 - 'admin.php?modsettings Module smiley_id' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2007-04-23
  • EDB-29887 Phorum 5.1.20 - 'admin.php?Groups Module group_id' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2007-04-23
  • waraxe.us http://www.waraxe.us/advisory-49.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securitytracker.com http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017936 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/24932 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23616 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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