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CVE-2008-1983

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-04-27 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Advanced Electron Forum (AEF) 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the beg parameter in a members action to index.php.

Affected products

• Anelectron Advanced Electron Forum: 1.0.6

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/29923
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28865
• http://www.z0rlu.ownspace.org/index.php?/archives/60-Advanced-Electron-Forum-AEF-1.0.6-XSS.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41951
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29923
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28865
• http://www.z0rlu.ownspace.org/index.php?/archives/60-Advanced-Electron-Forum-AEF-1.0.6-XSS.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41951

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