Invision Power Board Act Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
BID:13483
Info
Invision Power Board Act Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
| Bugtraq ID: | 13483 |
| Class: | Input Validation Error |
| CVE: | |
| Remote: | Yes |
| Local: | No |
| Published: | May 03 2005 12:00AM |
| Updated: | May 03 2005 12:00AM |
| Credit: | "arron ward" <[email protected]> is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability. |
| Vulnerable: |
Invision Power Services Invision Board 2.1 Alpha2 Invision Power Services Invision Board 2.0.3 |
| Not Vulnerable: | |
Discussion
Invision Power Board Act Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Invision Power Board 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.
It is reported this issue may only be exploitable through Microsoft Internet Explorer; this has not been confirmed.
Invision Power Board 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.
It is reported this issue may only be exploitable through Microsoft Internet Explorer; this has not been confirmed.
Exploit / POC
Invision Power Board Act Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
No exploit is required.
The following proof of concept URI is available:
http://www.example.com/index.php?act='><script>alert(document.cookie)</script>
No exploit is required.
The following proof of concept URI is available:
http://www.example.com/index.php?act='><script>alert(document.cookie)</script>
Solution / Fix
Invision Power Board Act Parameter 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]>.
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
Invision Power Board Act Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
References:
References:
- Invision Board Homepage (Invision Power Services)