tForum Member.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
BID:14303
Info
tForum Member.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
| Bugtraq ID: | 14303 |
| Class: | Input Validation Error |
| CVE: | |
| Remote: | Yes |
| Local: | No |
| Published: | Jul 18 2005 12:00AM |
| Updated: | Jul 18 2005 12:00AM |
| Credit: | wannacut & 3rbil "little rabit in the magical woods" are credited with the discovery of this vulnerability. |
| Vulnerable: |
tForum tForum tForumHacks Edition b0.92p6d2 tForum tForum b0.915 |
| Not Vulnerable: | |
Discussion
tForum Member.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
tForum 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 in the context of the affected site. This may facilitate the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials as well as other attacks.
tForum 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 in the context of the affected site. This may facilitate the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials as well as other attacks.
Exploit / POC
tForum Member.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
No exploit is required.
The following proof of concept URI is available:
http://www.example.com/tforum/member.php?Action=viewprofile&username=<script>JavaScript:alert(document.cookie);</script>
No exploit is required.
The following proof of concept URI is available:
http://www.example.com/tforum/member.php?Action=viewprofile&username=<script>JavaScript:alert(document.cookie);</script>
Solution / Fix
tForum Member.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]>.