ForumJBC Haut.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	19992
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 13 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Sep 13 2006 10:52PM
Credit:	ThE__LeO is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	JBC ForumJBC 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

ForumJBC Haut.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

ForumJBC is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data.

An attacker may leverge 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.

Version 4.0 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

ForumJBC Haut.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability using a web client.

The following proof of concept is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/19992.html

ForumJBC Haut.PHP 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 if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]:[email protected].

ForumJBC Haut.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• ForumJBC Home Page (JBC)
  
• ForumJBC v4 < = Cross-Site Scripting - XSS Exploit ([email protected])