MyBB Managegroup.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	16692
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Feb 16 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Feb 17 2006 03:22PM
Credit:	imei is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	MyBulletinBoard MyBulletinBoard 1.0.3
Not Vulnerable:	MyBulletinBoard MyBulletinBoard 1.0.4

MyBB Managegroup.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability


MyBB is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability.. This issue is due to a lack of proper sanitization of 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.

Version 1.0.3 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

MyBB Managegroup.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

An example URI has been provided:

http://www.example.com/mybb/managegroup.php?gid=8'//<script>alert(1)</script>

MyBB Managegroup.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:

The vendor has released version 1.0.4 to address this issue. Please see the reference section for further details.


MyBulletinBoard MyBulletinBoard 1.0.3

• MyBulletinBoard mybb_104_changed_files.zip
  http://community.mybboard.net/mybb_104_changed_files.zip

MyBB Managegroup.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• MyBB1.0.3~managegroup.php~Multiple SqlInjection & XSS (Imei)
  
• MyBulletinBoard Home Page (MyBulletinBoard)