CVE-2019-12490 An issue was discovered in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) before 2.0.16.
Medium 6.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-12490 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2019-12490 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Jan 2020.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12490 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12490/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12490/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-12490?
CVE-2019-12490 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Jan 2020.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) before 2.0.16. Reverse tabnabbing can occur because of use of _blank for external links.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-12490?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Simplemachines Simple Machines Forum.
How do I fix CVE-2019-12490?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-12490 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-12490 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12490 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qvhp-g2m6-8r99.