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CVE-2019-8279 (GCVE-0-2019-8279)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-03-02 01:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 00:21
VLAI
Summary
Multiple stored XSS in Vanilla Forums before 2.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript code into any message on forum.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • Multiple XSS
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Kaspersky Lab Vanilla Forums Affected: Before 2.5
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Date Public
2019-02-15 00:00
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