Vanilla Forums LatestComment Plugin Discussion Title HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	53633
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2012-6555
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 21 2012 12:00AM
Updated:	May 24 2013 05:14AM
Credit:	Henry Hoggard
Vulnerable:	Vanilla Forums LatestComment 1.1
Not Vulnerable:

Vanilla Forums LatestComment Plugin Discussion Title HTML Injection Vulnerability

The LatestComment plugin for Vanilla Forums is prone to an HTML-injection vulnerability because it fails to sanitize user-supplied input.

Attacker-supplied HTML or JavaScript code could run in the context of the affected site, potentially allowing the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to control how the site is rendered to the user; other attacks are also possible.

LatestComment 1.1 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Vanilla Forums LatestComment Plugin Discussion Title HTML Injection Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit the issue using a browser.

Vanilla Forums LatestComment Plugin Discussion Title HTML Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Vanilla Forums LatestComment Plugin Discussion Title HTML Injection Vulnerability

References:

• LatestComment Download Page (Vanillaforums)
  
• Vanilla Forums Homepage (Vanilla Forums)
  
• Vanilla LatestComment 1.1 Plugin Persistant XSS Vulnerability (Henryhoggard)