MercuryBoard Title Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

BID:12872

Info

MercuryBoard Title Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12872
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2005-0878
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 23 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 05:56PM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Secunia Research.
Vulnerable: MercuryBoard Message Board 1.1.2
MercuryBoard Message Board 1.1.1
MercuryBoard Message Board 1.1
MercuryBoard Message Board 1.0.2
MercuryBoard Message Board 1.0.1
MercuryBoard Message Board 1.0
Not Vulnerable: MercuryBoard Message Board 1.1.3

Discussion

MercuryBoard Title Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

MercuryBoard is affected by an HTML injection vulnerability.

The issue affects the 'title' field when a PM is sent to a user and may be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in the browser of a user when the user views the PM.

MercuryBoard 1.1.2 is affected by this issue. It is likely that this issue affects prior versions as well.

Exploit / POC

MercuryBoard Title Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

An exploit is not required to leverage this issue.

Solution / Fix

MercuryBoard Title Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released MercuryBoard 1.1.3 to address this issue.


MercuryBoard Message Board 1.0

MercuryBoard Message Board 1.0.1

MercuryBoard Message Board 1.0.2

MercuryBoard Message Board 1.1

MercuryBoard Message Board 1.1.1

MercuryBoard Message Board 1.1.2

References

MercuryBoard Title Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

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