CVE-2013-5020
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in bb_admin.php in MiniBB before 3.0.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 1.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 20% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in bb_admin.php in MiniBB before 3.0.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) forum_name, (2) forum_group, (3) forum_icon, or (4) forum_desc parameter. NOTE: the whatus vector is already covered by CVE-2008-2066.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- WordPress Plugin miniBB - SQL Injection / Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 38639webapps, phppublished 11 Jul 2013Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- http://www.minibb.com/download.php?file=minibb_update (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 61116 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 95122 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20130711 XSS and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities in MiniBB (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- https://www.mavitunasecurity.com/xss-and-sql-injection-vulnerabilities-in-minibb/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.minibb.com/forums/news-9/minibb-3.0.1-released-stable-fixed-secured-dedicated-6059.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-4862 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2013-5020)Record last updated .