Woltlab Burning Board Attachment.php HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	19639
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Aug 21 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Aug 30 2006 05:38PM
Credit:	ZeberuS is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Woltlab Burning Board 2.3.5
Not Vulnerable:

Woltlab Burning Board Attachment.php HTML Injection Vulnerability

Woltlab Burning Board is prone to an HTML-injection vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in dynamically generated content.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in the context of the affected application, potentially allowing an attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials or to control how the site is rendered to the user; other attacks are also possible.

Version 2.3.5 is vulnerable to this issue; other versions may also be affected.

Woltlab Burning Board Attachment.php HTML Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue via a web client.

Woltlab Burning Board Attachment.php HTML Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]:[email protected].

Woltlab Burning Board Attachment.php HTML Injection Vulnerability

References:

• WoltLab Burning Board 2.3.5(WBB) in XSS ([email protected])
  
• Woltlab Burning Board Homepage (Woltlab)