Medium severity · published Dec 30, 2020
CVE-2020-35240
FluxBB 1.5.11 is affected by cross-site scripting (XSS in the Blog Content component
4.8
CVSS
1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
FluxBB 1.5.11 is affected by cross-site scripting (XSS in the Blog Content component. This vulnerability can allow an attacker to inject the XSS payload in "Blog Content" and each time any user will visit the blog, the XSS triggers and the attacker can able to steal the cookie according to the crafted payload.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.0% · higher than 64% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FL
Fluxbb · Fluxbb
1.5.11 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35240
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-35240
Vendor Advisory
https://fluxbb.org/downloads/
Exploit
https://github.com/hemantsolo/CVE-Reference/blob/main/CVE-2020-35240.md
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/hemantsolo/CVE-Reference/issues/1
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