CVE-2008-6431 — 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

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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

Published Mar 6, 2009

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.82%

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.82% 0.01823

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

EPSS probability 0.01823

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 (12 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.82% (0.01823)	78.00th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.82% (0.01823)	75.91th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.49% (0.00491)	63.54th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 31, 2024	3.64% (0.03640)	91.57th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Dec 17, 2024	5.07% (0.05067)	92.80th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Dec 12, 2024	0.49% (0.00491)	76.93th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 30, 2024	0.82% (0.00818)	81.48th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 9, 2023	0.82% (0.00818)	79.47th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.92% (0.00921)	80.49th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	2.94% (0.02945)	83.56th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	2.94% (0.02945)	81.88th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	2.94% (0.02945)	64.38th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-79

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

References (7)

http://osvdb.org/45612
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://osvdb.org/45613
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://osvdb.org/45614
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/30369
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492449/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29339
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42590
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://osvdb.org/45612		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://osvdb.org/45613		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://osvdb.org/45614		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/30369		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492449/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29339		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42590		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 6, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Mar 6, 2009

Link CVE-2008-6431

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-6431

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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