CVE-2020-12706 — Multiple Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in PHP-Fusion 9

Multiple Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in PHP-Fusion 9.03.50 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the go parameter to faq/faq_admin.php or shoutbox_panel/shoutbox_admin.php

01What is this vulnerability?

Multiple Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in PHP-Fusion 9.03.50 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the go parameter to faq/faq_admin.php or shoutbox_panel/shoutbox_admin.php

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-05-07T19:09:20.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T12:04:22.857Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/php-fusion/PHP-Fusion/issues/2306
• github.com — https://github.com/php-fusion/PHP-Fusion/commit/67273e546642d39451858a4729695780…
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48404