Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in SimpNews 2.41.03 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via t…

Published 19 y ago 2007-09-26 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-16 · JSON

CVSS

4.3

v2.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

1.8%

percentile 79%

Public exploits

Exploit-DB

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in SimpNews 2.41.03 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) l_username parameter to admin/layout2b.php, and the (2) backurl parameter to comment.php.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.82% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

EDB-30618 SimpNews 2.41.3 - 'backurl' Cross-Site Scripting · webapps · 2007-09-25
EDB-30617 SimpNews 2.41.3 - 'l_username' Cross-Site Scripting · webapps · 2007-09-25

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

forum.boesch-it.de /viewtopic.php?t=2791 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
securityreason.com /securityalert/3166 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SREASON, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/25809 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
secunia.com /advisories/26965 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /archive/1/480598/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
netvigilance.com /advisory0070 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/36774 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2007-4874
NVD: CVE-2007-4874

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