Simple Message Board Forum.CFM Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	14266
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jul 14 2005 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 14 2005 12:00AM
Credit:	rUnViRuS is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Man And Machine Ltd. Simple Mesage Board 2.0 beta1
Not Vulnerable:

Simple Message Board Forum.CFM Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

A cross-site scripting vulnerability affects Simple Message Board. This issue is due to a failure of 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.

Simple Message Board Forum.CFM Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

An example has been provided:

http://www.example.com/forum/forum.cfm?FID=<script>JavaScript:alert(document.cookie);</script>

Simple Message Board Forum.CFM 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]>.

Simple Message Board Forum.CFM Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Simple Message Board (Man and Machine Ltd.)
  
• XSS in forums Simple Message Board Version 2.0 Beta 1 (rUnViRuS )