VBulletin Profile.PHP Email Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

BID:16919

Info

VBulletin Profile.PHP Email Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 16919
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 02 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 07 2006 05:41PM
Credit: Discovery is credited to imei.
Vulnerable: VBulletin VBulletin 3.5.3
VBulletin VBulletin 3.5.2
VBulletin VBulletin 3.5.1
VBulletin VBulletin 3.0.12
Not Vulnerable: VBulletin VBulletin 3.5.4

Discussion

VBulletin Profile.PHP Email Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

vBulletin is prone to an HTML-injection vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in dynamically generated content.

Attacker-supplied HTML and script code would be executed in the context of the affected website, potentially allowing for the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials. An attacker could also exploit this issue to control how the site is rendered to the user; other attacks are also possible.

This issue is reported to affect vBulletin versions 3.0.12 through 3.5.3. Other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

VBulletin Profile.PHP Email Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

These issues can be exploited through use of a web client.

The following example has been provided:

http://www.example.com//forum/profile.php?do=editpassword
pass:your pass
email: [email protected]â?><script>alert(1)</script>.nomatt

Solution / Fix

VBulletin Profile.PHP Email Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

Solution:

The vendor has released a fix to address this issue; please contact the vendor for further details.

References

VBulletin Profile.PHP Email Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

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