YaBB YaBB.pl IMSend Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
BID:11215
Info
YaBB YaBB.pl IMSend Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
| Bugtraq ID: | 11215 |
| Class: | Input Validation Error |
| CVE: | |
| Remote: | Yes |
| Local: | No |
| Published: | Sep 17 2004 12:00AM |
| Updated: | Sep 17 2004 12:00AM |
| Credit: | Discovery of this vulnerability is credited to "GulfTech Security" <[email protected]>. |
| Vulnerable: |
YaBB YaBB 9.11.2000 YaBB YaBB 9.1.2000 YaBB YaBB 1.41 YaBB YaBB 1.40 YaBB YaBB 1 Gold Release YaBB YaBB 1 Gold - SP 1.3.1 YaBB YaBB 1 Gold - SP 1.3 YaBB YaBB 1 Gold - SP 1.2 YaBB YaBB 1 Gold - SP 1 |
| Not Vulnerable: | |
Discussion
YaBB YaBB.pl IMSend Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
A cross-site scripting vulnerability is reported in the YaBB forum 'YaBB.pl' script.
As a result, it is possible for a remote attacker to create a malicious link to the affected page of a site hosting the web forum. The malicious link may contain arbitrary HTML and JavaScript code in URI parameters. When this link is visited by an unsuspecting web user, the attacker-supplied code will be executed in their browser in the security context of the vulnerable website.
A cross-site scripting vulnerability is reported in the YaBB forum 'YaBB.pl' script.
As a result, it is possible for a remote attacker to create a malicious link to the affected page of a site hosting the web forum. The malicious link may contain arbitrary HTML and JavaScript code in URI parameters. When this link is visited by an unsuspecting web user, the attacker-supplied code will be executed in their browser in the security context of the vulnerable website.
Exploit / POC
YaBB YaBB.pl IMSend Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
The following example URI is available:
http://www.example.com/YaBB.pl?board=;action=imsend;to=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document
.cookie)%3C/script%3E
The following example URI is available:
http://www.example.com/YaBB.pl?board=;action=imsend;to=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document
.cookie)%3C/script%3E
Solution / Fix
YaBB YaBB.pl IMSend Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.
Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.
References
YaBB YaBB.pl IMSend Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
References:
References:
- YaBB Homepage (YaBB)
- RE: www.proboards.com / YaBB XSS Vuln ("GulfTech Security"