MVNForum Activatemember Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	18663
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2006-2311 CVE-2006-3245
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jun 26 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 05 2016 09:38PM
Credit:	r0t is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	MyVietnam MVN Forum 1.0 GA
Not Vulnerable:

MVNForum Activatemember Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

mvnForum 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 execute in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

This issue affects version 1.0 GA; other versions may also be vulnerable.

MVNForum Activatemember Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

This issue can be exploited through a web client.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/MVNForumActivateMemberXSSJune262006.html

MVNForum Activatemember 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].

MVNForum Activatemember Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• mvnForum XSS vuln (r0t)
  
• MyVietnam MVNForum (MyVietnam )