Powerboards error.php Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:4472

Info

Powerboards error.php Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 4472
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 09 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 09 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Discovered by frog frog <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Powerboards Powerboards 2.2 b
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Powerboards error.php Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Powerboards is a bulletin board application developed in PHP.

A Cross Site Scripting issue has been reported in some versions of Powerboards. The error page error.php builds HTML content including user supplied input which is not properly stripped of scripting commands. An attacker may construct a link to this page which includes malicious script, which will execute within the context of the Powerboards site when the link is followed.

Exploit / POC

Powerboards error.php Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

Powerboards error.php Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently the SecurityFocus staff 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] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

Powerboards error.php Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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