CVE-2019-8279
Multiple stored XSS in Vanilla Forums before 2.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary...
Multiple stored XSS in Vanilla Forums before 2.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript code into any message on forum.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Multiple stored XSS in Vanilla Forums before 2.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript code into any message on forum.
- Record
CVE-2019-8279- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 Low
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Multiple stored XSS in Vanilla Forums before 2.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript code into any message on forum.
- Record
CVE-2019-8279- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-17677 No score
Multiple stored XSS in Vanilla Forums before 2.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript code into any message on forum.
- Record
EUVD-2019-17677- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-768c-fmgx-4fwr
Multiple stored XSS in Vanilla Forums before 2.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary...
Multiple stored XSS in Vanilla Forums before 2.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript code into any message on forum.
- Record
GHSA-768c-fmgx-4fwr- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-8279 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Kaspersky Lab Vanilla Forums, published March 2, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.81%, the 57th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
