# CVE-2020-5842: Codoforum 4.8.3 allows XSS in the user registration page: via the username field to the index.php?u=/user/register URI.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2020-01-07 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47876
- https://medium.com/%40prasanthc41m/cve-2020-5842-stored-xss-vulnerability-in-codoforum-4-8-3-b2e1133c6a91
- https://github.com/prasanthc41m/codoforum

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