BBpress BB-Login.PHP Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	24422
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2007-3243
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jun 11 2007 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:37PM
Credit:	Ory Segal is credited with discovering this issue.
Vulnerable:	BBPress BBPress 0.8.1
Not Vulnerable:

BBpress BB-Login.PHP Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

BBpress is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

Exploiting this vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform cross-site scripting attacks on unsuspecting users in the context of the affected website. As a result, the attacker may be able to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

BBpress BB-Login.PHP Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim into following a malicious URI.

A sample exploit has been provided:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/24422.html

BBpress BB-Login.PHP Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor fixes 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].

BBpress BB-Login.PHP Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• BBPress Web Site (BBPress)
  
• BBpress XSS vulnerability (Dragos Lungu Dot Com)