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TI-2019-05951 Aliases CVE-2019-8279GHSA-768c-fmgx-4fwr

Cross-site scripting in Kaspersky Lab Vanilla Forums

Priority LOW 26CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Multiple stored XSS in Vanilla Forums before 2.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript code into any message on forum.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00806 57th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Vanilla Forums (Kaspersky Lab): 2.5

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Kaspersky LabVanilla Forumsbefore 2.52.5Patch availableCNA
  • Vanilla Forums VendorKaspersky Lab Affected before 2.5 Fixed in 2.5 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:vanillaforums:vanilla_forums:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.5.0VulnerableVanilla
  • cpe:2.3:a:vanillaforums:vanilla_forums:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.5.0 Vulnerable ·Vanilla

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Vanilla Forums (Kaspersky Lab) Fixed in 2.5

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-8279
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-768c-fmgx-4fwr

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2005-02970 Heap-based buffer overflow in Kaspersky Antivirus (KAV) 5.0 and Kaspersky Personal… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2004-00844 McAfee Anti-Virus Engine DATS drivers before 4398 released on Oct 13th 2004 and DATS… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2007-00432 Heap-based buffer overflow in the arj.ppl module in the OnDemand Scanner in Kaspersky… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2019-05946 Heap-based buffer overflow in Kaspersky Lab UltraVNC CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-05945 Heap-based buffer overflow in Kaspersky Lab UltraVNC CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-05943 Heap-based buffer overflow in Kaspersky Lab UltraVNC CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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