CVE-2015-2198

medium

Published 2015-03-03 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.3

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in edit_prefs.php in Beehive Forum 1.4.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) homepage_url, (2) pic_url, or (3) avatar_url parameter, which are not properly handled in an error message.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-36154 webapps php

Halil Dalabasmaz · 2015-02-23

Beehive Forum 1.4.4 - Persistent Cross-Site Scripting

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
beehive_forum	beehive_forum	`1.4.4`

References

CWEs

CWE-79

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.