VWE-2016-2064 Printable Version

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Common Name Greedy Widget Vulnerability
VWE-ID VWE-2016-2064
Related Report None
Severity Extreme
Exploit Difficulty EASY
Platform XenForo 1.x
Description Denial of service amplification. Does not affect Lite versions.

Discovered February 1, 2016
Resolved February 9, 2016
Patches Available 4.0.8 Patch Level 2
4.0.7 Patch Level 3
4.0.6 Patch Level 6
4.0.5 Patch Level 6
4.0.4 Patch Level 6
4.0.3 Patch Level 6
4.0.2 Patch Level 9
Workaround In your forum software's BB-Code Manager, disable parsing of the BB-Code with unique identifier "vw_widget_tag," "vw_forumindex_tag," "vw_bookindex_tag," and "vw_showthreads_tag."
The versions listed below are known to be affected by this issue. If you are using one of those versions, you should update to a newer release that has no known vulnerabilities.

Notes
Further investigation of the related VWE-2022-6469 in 2024 revealed that this issue only affected XenForo 1.x platforms, though at the time it was implied to affect all platforms.

Common Name	Greedy Widget Vulnerability
VWE-ID	VWE-2016-2064
Related Report	None
Severity	Extreme
Exploit Difficulty	EASY
Platform	XenForo 1.x
Description	Denial of service amplification. Does not affect Lite versions.
Discovered	February 1, 2016
Resolved	February 9, 2016
Patches Available	4.0.8 Patch Level 2 4.0.7 Patch Level 3 4.0.6 Patch Level 6 4.0.5 Patch Level 6 4.0.4 Patch Level 6 4.0.3 Patch Level 6 4.0.2 Patch Level 9
Workaround	In your forum software's BB-Code Manager, disable parsing of the BB-Code with unique identifier "vw_widget_tag," "vw_forumindex_tag," "vw_bookindex_tag," and "vw_showthreads_tag."