CVE-2008-5433

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in login.php in PunBB 1.3 and 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the password field.

Affected products

Punbb: 1.3, 1.3.1

References

http://punbb.informer.com/
http://punbb.informer.com/forums/topic/20475/punbb-132/
http://punbb.informer.com/wiki/punbb13/bugs#possible_xss_in_login
http://secunia.com/advisories/33059
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/09/3
http://punbb.informer.com/
http://punbb.informer.com/forums/topic/20475/punbb-132/
http://punbb.informer.com/wiki/punbb13/bugs#possible_xss_in_login
http://secunia.com/advisories/33059
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/09/3

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