SiteNet BBS Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	15883
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Dec 15 2005 12:00AM
Updated:	Dec 15 2005 12:00AM
Credit:	rakstija r0t3d3Vil is credited with the discovery of this issue.
Vulnerable:	FocalMedia.net Sitenet BBS 2.0
Not Vulnerable:

SiteNet BBS Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SiteNet BBS 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.

SiteNet BBS Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

The following examples were provided:

http://example.com/netboardr.cgi?fid=929&cid=926&tid=965&pg=[XSS]
http://example.com/netboardr.cgi?fid=929&cid=926&tid=[XSS]
http://example.com/netboardr.cgi?fid=929&cid=[XSS]
http://example.com/netboardr.cgi?fid=[XSS]
http://example.com/search.cgi?cid=[XSS]

SiteNet BBS 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]>.

SiteNet BBS Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• SiteNet BBS (FocalMedia.net)
  
• SiteNet BBS XSS vuln (rakstija r0t3d3Vil)