ASP-DEV XM Forum IMG Tag Script Injection Vulnerability

BID:12958

Info

ASP-DEV XM Forum IMG Tag Script Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12958
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2005-1008
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 31 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 11:56AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Zinho <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: ASP-DEV XM Forum RC3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

ASP-DEV XM Forum IMG Tag Script Injection Vulnerability

XM Forum is reported prone to a script injection vulnerability.

An attacker can supply arbitrary HTML and script code through the BBCode IMG tag to trigger this issue and execute arbitrary script code in a user's browser.

XM Forum RC3 is reported vulnerable. It is possible that other versions are affected as well.

Exploit / POC

ASP-DEV XM Forum IMG Tag Script Injection Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

The following example is available:
[IMG]javasc+ript:alert(document.cookie)[/IMG]

Solution / Fix

ASP-DEV XM Forum IMG Tag Script Injection 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]>.

References

ASP-DEV XM Forum IMG Tag Script Injection Vulnerability

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