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GHSA-RW5X-6JXR-G2JC

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-05 09:30 – Updated: 2025-08-05 09:30

Details

A vulnerability was found in atjiu pybbs up to 6.0.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /admin/comment/list. The manipulation of the argument Username leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is 2fe4a51afbce0068c291bc1818bbc8f7f3b01a22. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Severity

3.5 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

2.0 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

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CVE-2025-8551 (GCVE-0-2025-8551)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-05 07:32 – Updated: 2025-08-05 14:30

Title

atjiu pybbs list cross site scripting

Summary

Severity

5.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

3.5 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

3.5 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-08-05 14:16 UTC

CWE

CWE-79 - Cross Site Scripting
CWE-94 - Code Injection

Assigner

VulDB mitre root

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://vuldb.com/?id.318680	vdb-entrytechnical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.318680	signaturepermissions-required
https://vuldb.com/?submit.622195	third-party-advisory
https://github.com/atjiu/pybbs/issues/204	issue-tracking
https://github.com/atjiu/pybbs/issues/204#issueco…	issue-tracking
https://github.com/atjiu/pybbs/issues/204#issue-3…	exploitissue-tracking
https://github.com/atjiu/pybbs/commit/2fe4a51afbc…	patch

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
atjiu	pybbs	Affected: 6.0

Credits

ZAST.AI (VulDB User)

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