CVE-2020-5842

MEDIUM

Codoforum 4.8.3 - XSS

Title source: llm

Description

Codoforum 4.8.3 allows XSS in the user registration page: via the username field to the index.php?u=/user/register URI. The payload is, for example, executed on the admin/index.php?page=users/manage page.

Exploits (2)

exploitdb WORKING POC

by Prasanth · textwebappsphp

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47876

View Code ZIP pw:eip

nomisec WRITEUP 1 stars

by prasanthc41m · poc

https://github.com/prasanthc41m/codoforum

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (2)

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47876

[Various Sources] https://medium.com/%40prasanthc41m/cve-2020-5842-stored-xss-vulnerability-in-codoforum-4-8-3-b2e1133c6a91

Scores

CVSS v3 6.1

EPSS 0.0182

EPSS Percentile 82.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-79

Status published

Products (1)

codologic/codoforum 4.8.3

Published Jan 07, 2020

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026