Vulnerability · Published Sep 4, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-40509
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 62% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.4Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 38.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
ViewCommon.java in JForum2 2.7.0 allows XSS via a user signature.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164045/jforum-2.7.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://lists.openwall.net/full-disclosure/2021/09/03/7 x_refsource_MISC
- https://sourceforge.net/p/jforum2/code/934/ x_refsource_MISC
- 20210907 Re: a xss vulnerability in Jforum 2.7.0 mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC