# CVE-2020-12438: An XSS vulnerability exists in the banners.php page of PHP-Fusion 9.03.50.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-04-28 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An XSS vulnerability exists in the banners.php page of PHP-Fusion 9.03.50. This can be exploited because the only security measure used against XSS is the stripping of SCRIPT tags. A malicious actor can use HTML event handlers to run JavaScript instead of using SCRIPT tags.

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## References

- https://github.com/php-fusion/PHP-Fusion/commit/c36006f900d855f1173f81cea1a774295049f4d8
- https://github.com/php-fusion/PHP-Fusion/issues/2307

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