CVE-2008-6431

Exp

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in BMForum 5.6 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) outpused parameter to index.php, the (2) footer_copyright and (3) verandproname parameters to newtem/footer/bsd01footer.php, and the (4) topads and (5) myplugin parameters to newtem/header/bsd01header.php.

Published: 2009-03-06 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-6431 is rated Exploit Available (59.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.98%). 4 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-2008-6431

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
31825 exploit_db edb 2008-05-22 Exploit-DB ↗
31827 exploit_db edb 2008-05-22 Exploit-DB ↗
31826 exploit_db edb 2008-05-22 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-6431

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 2026-05-15 0.57% 0.98% +0.41%
2 2026-04-26 0.49% 0.57% +0.08%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.49% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-6431

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-2008-6431

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-6431

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bmforum bmforum 5.6 cpe:2.3:a:bmforum:bmforum:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-6431

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