Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Boinc Forum 5.10.20 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web scrip…

Published 19 y ago 2007-09-14 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-16 · JSON

CVSS

4.3

v2.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

1.5%

percentile 74%

Public exploits

Exploit-DB

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Boinc Forum 5.10.20 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) id parameter to forum_forum.php, or the search_string parameter to forum_text_search_action.php in a (2) titles or (3) bodies search.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.49% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

EDB-30576 BOINC 5.10.20 - 'text_search_action.php?search_string' Cross-Site Scripting · webapps · 2007-09-12
EDB-30575 BOINC 5.10.20 - 'forum_forum.php?id' Cross-Site Scripting · webapps · 2007-09-12

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

securityreason.com /securityalert/3139 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SREASON, x_transferred
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/36577 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/25644 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /archive/1/479182/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2007-4899
NVD: CVE-2007-4899

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