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CVE-2012-6659 (GCVE-0-2012-6659)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-09-19 14:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 04:19
VLAI
Summary
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the admin interface in Phorum before 5.2.19 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted URL.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/50445 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.phorum.org/phorum5/read.php?64%2C151943 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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