CVE-2011-0526

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: yes
Published: 2011-02-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in index.php in Vanilla Forums before 2.0.17 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Target parameter in a /entry/signin action.

Affected products

Vanilla Forums: through 2.0.16; 2.0.9, 2.0.10, 2.0.11, 2.0.12, 2.0.13, 2.0.14 (+1)

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/27/2
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/27/5
http://secunia.com/advisories/43074
http://www.osvdb.org/70677
http://www.vanillaforums.org/discussion/14397/vanilla-2.0.17-released
http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/%5Bvanilla_forums-2.0.16%5D_cross_site_scripting
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/27/2
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/27/5
http://secunia.com/advisories/43074
http://www.osvdb.org/70677
http://www.vanillaforums.org/discussion/14397/vanilla-2.0.17-released
http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/%5Bvanilla_forums-2.0.16%5D_cross_site_scripting

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