PHPBB Viewtopic.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:13345

Info

PHPBB Viewtopic.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13345
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 23 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 23 2005 12:00AM
Credit: HaCkZaTaN <[email protected]> is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.14
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.13
+ Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.1 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.1 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.1
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.12
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.11
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.10
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.9
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.8 a
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.8
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.7 a
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.7
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.6 d
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.6 c
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.6
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.5
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.4
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.3
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.2
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.1
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0 .0
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0 RC4
- Apache Apache 1.3.9
- Apache Apache 1.3.9
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0 RC3
- Apache Apache 1.3.9
- Apache Apache 1.3.9
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0 RC2
- Apache Apache 1.3.9
- Apache Apache 1.3.9
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0 RC1
- Apache Apache 1.3.9
- Apache Apache 1.3.9
phpBB Group phpBB 2.0 Beta 1
- Apache Apache 1.3.9
- Apache Apache 1.3.9
Not Vulnerable: phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.16

Discussion

PHPBB Viewtopic.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

phpBB is prone to 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.

Exploit / POC

PHPBB Viewtopic.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

The following proof of concept URI is available:
http://www.example.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=3&highlight=\[]\

Solution / Fix

PHPBB Viewtopic.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has addressed this issue in phpBB version 2.0.16:


phpBB Group phpBB 2.0 RC1

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0 RC3

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0 RC4

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0 Beta 1

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0 RC2

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0 .0

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.1

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.10

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.11

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.12

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.13

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.14

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.2

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.3

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.4

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.5

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.6

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.6 c

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.6 d

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.7

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.7 a

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.8 a

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.8

phpBB Group phpBB 2.0.9

References

PHPBB Viewtopic.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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