WoltLab Burning Board Thread.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:13325

Info

WoltLab Burning Board Thread.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13325
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2005-1285
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 22 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2007 04:57PM
Credit: deluxe89 <[email protected]> is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Woltlab Burning Board 2.3.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

WoltLab Burning Board Thread.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

WoltLab Burning Board is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Exploit / POC

WoltLab Burning Board Thread.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available where [Topic_ID] is a valid ID of a topic:

http://www.example.com/thread.php?threadid=[Topic_ID]&hilight=[XSS]

Solution / Fix

WoltLab Burning Board Thread.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 if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: mailto:[email protected].

References

WoltLab Burning Board Thread.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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