CVE-2011-1009 Cross-site scripting in Vanilla Forums

What is CVE-2011-1009?

CVE-2011-1009 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Vanilla Forums, published on 5 Feb 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Vanilla Forums 2.0.17.1 through 2.0.17.5 has XSS in /vanilla/index.php via the p parameter.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1009?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Vanillaforums Vanilla.

How do I fix CVE-2011-1009?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-1009 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2011-1009 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1009 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Vanilla Forums

• CVE-2011-3614 Missing authorization in Vanilla Forums Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-18903 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2011-3613 Information disclosure in Vanilla Forums High 7.5
• CVE-2016-10073 Information disclosure in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2013-3527 SQL injection in n/a High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-g6g9-vpf9-jrfv.