CVE-2008-6431

BMForum 5.6 - Cross-Site Scripting via Multiple Parameters

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 3 public exploits for CVE-2008-6431. PoCs published by CWH Underground.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The provided text describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in BMForum 5.6, where user-supplied input is not sufficiently sanitized. The example URL demonstrates how an attacker could inject arbitrary script code via the 'outpused' parameter.

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in BMForum 5.6 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) outpused parameter to index.php, the (2) footer_copyright and (3) verandproname parameters to newtem/footer/bsd01footer.php, and the (4) topads and (5) myplugin parameters to newtem/header/bsd01header.php.

Exploits (3)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by CWH Underground · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31825

The provided text describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in BMForum 5.6, where user-supplied input is not sufficiently sanitized. The example URL demonstrates how an attacker could inject arbitrary script code via the 'outpused' parameter.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: BMForum 5.6
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the vulnerable BMForum instance
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →
exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by CWH Underground · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31827

The provided text describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in BMForum 5.6, where user-supplied input in the 'topads' and 'myplugin' parameters is not properly sanitized. It includes example URLs demonstrating the vulnerability but does not contain executable exploit code.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: BMForum 5.6
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the vulnerable BMForum instance
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →
exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by CWH Underground · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31826

The provided text describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in BMForum 5.6, where user-supplied input is not sufficiently sanitized in specific PHP files. The writeup includes example URLs demonstrating the vulnerability but does not contain executable exploit code.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: BMForum 5.6
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the vulnerable BMForum instance
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42590
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/45614
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/45613
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/30369
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29339
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/45612
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492449/100/0/threaded

Scores

EPSS 0.0182
EPSS Percentile 76.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-79
Status published
Products (1)
bmforum/bmforum 5.6
Published Mar 06, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026