PunBB Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerabilities

BID:12828

Info

PunBB Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 12828
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2005-0818
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 16 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 10:56AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to benji lemien <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: PunBB PunBB 1.2.3
Not Vulnerable: PunBB PunBB 1.2.4

Discussion

PunBB Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerabilities

PunBB is reportedly affected by multiple HTML injection vulnerabilities.

An attacker could also exploit this issue to control how the site is rendered to the user; other attacks are also possible such as the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials.

PunBB 1.2.3 is reported vulnerable, however, other versions may be affected as well.

Exploit / POC

PunBB Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerabilities

No exploit is required.

The following proof of concept is available:

example@"/&gt;&lt;script&gt;alert()&lt;/script&gt;.com

Solution / Fix

PunBB Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerabilities

Solution:
This issue has been addressed in PunBB 1.2.4.


PunBB PunBB 1.2.3

References

PunBB Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerabilities

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