What is CVE-2020-7050?

CVE-2020-7050 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codologic Codoforum, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-02-15.

How severe is CVE-2020-7050?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Codologic Codoforum

CVE-2020-7050

Codologic Codoforum through 4.8.4 allows a DOM-based XSS. While creating a new topic as a normal user, it is possible to add a poll that is automatically loaded in the DOM once the thread/topic is opened. Because session cookies lack the HttpOnly flag, it is possible to steal authentication cookies and take over accounts.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (42.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Codologic Codoforum
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7050?: CVE-2020-7050 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codologic Codoforum, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-02-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-7050?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.