PHPBB2 Plus GroupCP.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	13149
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 13 2005 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 13 2005 12:00AM
Credit:	dcrab <[email protected]> is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	phpBB2 phpBB2 Plus 1.52 + phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.13 + phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.12 phpBB2 phpBB2 Plus 1.5
Not Vulnerable:

PHPBB2 Plus GroupCP.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

phpBB2 Plus is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to have arbitrary script code executed in the browser of an unsuspecting user. This may facilitate the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials as well as other attacks.

PHPBB2 Plus GroupCP.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

The following proof of concept URI is available:
http://www.example.com/groupcp.php?g=881&amp%3bsid='%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.cookie)%3C/script%3E

PHPBB2 Plus GroupCP.PHP 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]>.

PHPBB2 Plus GroupCP.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• phpBB Homepage (phpBB)
  
• phpBB2 Plus Homepage (phpBB2 Plus)
  
• Multiple Sql injection and XSS vulnerabilities in phpBB Plus v.1.52 and below (dcrab )