CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedXenForo versions prior to 2.3.13 are vulnerable to an uncontrolled recursion issue in the BBCode parser, which can be exploited by authenticated attackers to create a denial of service condition. By submitting a post with deeply nested BBCode tags, attackers can exceed PHP's stack limit, leading to repeated crashes of PHP-FPM workers and affecting all users accessing the impacted thread. Organizations using XenForo should prioritize this vulnerability to mitigate potential service disruptions.
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Original NVD Description
XenForo before 2.3.13 contains an uncontrolled recursion vulnerability in the BBCode parser that allows authenticated attackers to cause persistent denial of service by submitting a post with deeply nested BBCode tags. Attackers can craft a single malicious post with sufficient nesting depth to exceed PHP's stack limit, causing fatal errors that repeatedly terminate PHP-FPM workers for all visitors rendering the affected thread.
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