CVE-2004-1996 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) version 1.0, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script through the size tag. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and requiring no authentication, potentially leading to unauthorized data modification (integrity impact). While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit code for HTML injection via the size tag is publicly available on ExploitDB. The CVE has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness, but it lacks media coverage and active exploitation intelligence.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0_beta4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:smf:1.0_beta4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0_beta4pCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:smf:1.0_beta4p:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0_beta5pCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:simple_machines:smf:1.0_beta5p:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.