CVE-2020-12708 — 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 cat_id parameter to downloads/downloads.php or article.php. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2012-6043.

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 cat_id parameter to downloads/downloads.php or article.php. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2012-6043.

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

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-05-07T19:07:58.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T12:04:22.504Z

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/php-fusion/PHP-Fusion/issues/2310