CVE-2004-2180

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WowBB Forum 1.61 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) country parameter to view_user.php, (2) show parameter to view_forum.php, (3) letter parameter to view_user.php, (4) highlight parameter to view_topic.php, (5) show parameter to index.php, (6) q parameter to search.php, (7) Referer header to admin.php, or the (8) user_email parameter to login.php.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-2180 is rated Exploit Available (51.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.35%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-2180

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-2180

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-17 0.19% 0.35% +0.16%
2 2024-09-17 0.12% 0.19% +0.07%
3 2024-02-08 — 0.12% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-2180

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-2180

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-2180

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
wowbb wowbb_web_forum 1.61 cpe:2.3:a:wowbb:wowbb_web_forum:1.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-2180

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