Invision Power Board 'index.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:52518

Info

Invision Power Board 'index.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 52518
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 15 2012 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 15 2012 12:00AM
Credit: Vasil A. [email protected]
Vulnerable: Invision Power Services Invision Power Board 3.2.3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Invision Power Board 'index.php' 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 3.2.3 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Invision Power Board 'index.php' 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 'index.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

References

Invision Power Board 'index.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:
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