CVE-2007-4899 — Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Boinc Forum 5.10.20 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) id parameter to forum_forum.php, or the search_string parameter to forum_text_search_action.php in a (2) titles or (3) bodies search

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Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Boinc Forum 5.10.20 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) id parameter to forum_forum.php, or the search_string parameter to forum_text_search_action.php in a (2) titles or (3) bodies search

Published Sep 14, 2007

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.49%

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Boinc Forum 5.10.20 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) id parameter to forum_forum.php, or the search_string parameter to forum_text_search_action.php in a (2) titles or (3) bodies search.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.49% 0.01489

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01489

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.49% (0.01489)	73.13th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.49% (0.01489)	70.61th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.03% (0.01031)	75.81th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.25% (0.00248)	65.31th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 18, 2024	0.25% (0.00248)	65.20th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 16, 2024	0.21% (0.00209)	57.99th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jan 9, 2024	0.24% (0.00244)	62.28th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.21% (0.00214)	57.53th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.92% (0.01917)	78.00th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.92% (0.01917)	76.01th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.92% (0.01917)	55.17th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (4)

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3139
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479182/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25644
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36577
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3139		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/479182/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25644		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36577		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 14, 2007

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Sep 14, 2007

Link CVE-2007-4899

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2007-4899

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2007-4899