TI-2020-04763 Aliases CVE-2020-5842 GHSA-p258-72gh-7cxv

Codoforum 4.8.3 allows XSS in the user registration page: via the username field to the…

LOW 31CWE-79Published 2020-01-07 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

Codoforum 4.8.3 allows XSS in the user registration page: via the username field to the index.php?u=/user/register URI. The payload is, for example, executed on the admin/index.php?page=users/manage page.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01816 78th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

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

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:codologic:codoforum:4.8.3:::::::*	4.8.3	Vulnerable	Codologic

cpe:2.3:a:codologic:codoforum:4.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.8.3 Vulnerable ·Codologic

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-5842
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p258-72gh-7cxv

References

Exploit 1

47876

Other 1

https://medium.com/%40prasanthc41m/cve-2020-5842-stored-xss-vulnerability-in-codoforum-4-8-3-b2e1133c6a91

TI-2020-14349 An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the Add Category function of Codoforum v4.9… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
TI-2022-13712 Codoforum v5.1 was discovered to contain an arbitrary file upload vulnerability via the… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
TI-2020-10857 A SQL Injection vulnerability in get_topic_info() in sys/CODOF/Forum/Topic.php in… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2014-07516 The sanitize function in Codoforum 2.5.1 does not properly implement filtering for… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
TI-2020-05691 Codologic Codoforum through 4.8.4 allows stored XSS in the login area. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2020-15863 A stored cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the 'Manage Users' feature of… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4

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Sources

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