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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2008-1983 json

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Advanced Electron Forum (AEF) 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or H…

published 2008-04-27 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-1981

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Advanced Electron Forum (AEF) 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the beg parameter in a members action to index.php.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-31677)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-31677 Advanced Electron Forum 1.0.6 - 'beg' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2008-04-21
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28865 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • z0rlu.ownspace.org http://www.z0rlu.ownspace.org/index.php?/archives/60-Advanced-Electron-Forum-AEF-1.0.6-XSS.html 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

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.