CVE-2023-0549

YAFNET Private Message PostPrivateMessage cross site scripting

State: Published
Severity: 3.5 Low
Published: Jan 27, 2023
Updated: Mar 28, 2025
Reserved: Jan 27, 2023

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in YAFNET up to 3.1.10. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /forum/PostPrivateMessage of the component Private Message Handler. The manipulation of the argument subject/message leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 3.1.11 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is 2237a9d552e258a43570bb478a92a5505e7c8797. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-219665 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	3.5 Low	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N	VulDB
3.0	3.5 Low	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N	VulDB
2.0	4.0 Medium	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N	VulDB

Weaknesses

CWE-79 Cross Site Scripting

Affected Products

Product	Versions
YAFNETn/a	3.1.0Affected 3.1.1Affected 3.1.2Affected 3.1.3Affected 3.1.4Affected 3.1.5Affected 3.1.6Affected 3.1.7Affected 3.1.8Affected 3.1.9Affected 3.1.10Affected

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.219665vdb-entrytechnical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.219665signaturepermissions-required
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ct6Tp_cnsYO8L_JSvlBCf_Ae7KW3JAcD?usp=sharingexploit
https://github.com/YAFNET/YAFNET/security/advisories/GHSA-4hwx-678w-9cp5related
https://github.com/YAFNET/YAFNET/commit/2237a9d552e258a43570bb478a92a5505e7c8797patch
https://github.com/YAFNET/YAFNET/releases/tag/v3.1.11patch

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