CVE-2008-1716

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-04-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WoltLab Community Framework (WCF) 1.0.6 in WoltLab Burning Board 3.0.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) page and (2) form parameters, which are not properly handled when they are reflected back in an error message.

Affected products

Woltlab Burning Board: 3.0.5

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-04/0161.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-April/061271.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29719
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490560/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490782/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28678
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41714
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-04/0161.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-April/061271.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29719
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490560/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490782/100/0/threaded

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