VWE-2016-2081 Printable Version

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Common Name Blabbermouth Vulnerability
VWE-ID VWE-2016-2081
Related Report None
Severity MINOR
Exploit Difficulty EASY
Platform Affects all platforms supported by the vulnerable versions.
Description Permissions escalation (of view permissions). Does not affect Lite versions.

Discovered January 30, 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.

Common Name	Blabbermouth Vulnerability
VWE-ID	VWE-2016-2081
Related Report	None
Severity	MINOR
Exploit Difficulty	EASY
Platform	Affects all platforms supported by the vulnerable versions.
Description	Permissions escalation (of view permissions). Does not affect Lite versions.
Discovered	January 30, 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."