BID:43053

Invision Power Board BBCode Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Info

Invision Power Board BBCode Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	43053
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2010-3424
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 08 2010 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 13 2015 09:02PM
Credit:	Reported by the vendor.
Vulnerable:	Invision Power Services Invision Power Board 3.1.2 Invision Power Services Invision Power Board 3.0.5 Invision Power Services Invision Power Board 3.0.3 Invision Power Services Invision Power Board 3.0.2 Invision Power Services Invision Power Board 3.0.1 Invision Power Services Invision Power Board 3.0 b5 Invision Power Services Invision Power Board 3.0 Invision Power Services Invision Power Board 3.0.4

Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Invision Power Board BBCode Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

Invision Power Board 3.1.2 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Invision Power Board BBCode Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

Solution / Fix

Invision Power Board BBCode Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for details.

Invision Power Services Invision Power Board 3.0.4