DCForum DCBoard Script Page Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	15885
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:	DC Scripts DCForum 6.25 DC Scripts DCForum 6.22 DC Scripts DCForum 6.21 DC Scripts DCForum 6.0 DC Scripts DCForum 5.0 DC Scripts DCForum 4.0 DC Scripts DCForum 3.0 DC Scripts DCForum 2.0 DC Scripts DCForum 1.0
Not Vulnerable:

DCForum DCBoard Script Page Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

DCForum 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.

DCForum DCBoard Script Page Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

The following example was provided:

/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=46&topic_id=2215&mesg_id=2215&page=[XSS]

DCForum DCBoard Script Page Parameter 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]>.

DCForum DCBoard Script Page Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• DCForum XSS vuln (rakstija r0t3d3Vil)
  
• DCScripts DCForum Homepage (DCScripts)