PHPNuke Splatt Forum Module Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	7483
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 01 2003 12:00AM
Updated:	May 01 2003 12:00AM
Credit:	Discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to morning_wood <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable:	Splatt Forum 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

PHPNuke Splatt Forum Module Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Splatt Forum is a public message board plugin designed to be used with PHPNuke.

It has been reported that Splatt Forum does not sufficiently filter user supplied URI parameters for the Splatt Forum 'Search' function.

As a result of this deficiency, it is possible for a remote attacker to create a malicious link containing script code that will be executed in the browser of a legitimate user.

This vulnerability was reported to affect Splatt Forum version 4.0, it is not currently known if other versions are affected.

PHPNuke Splatt Forum Module Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

The following proof of concept has been supplied:

Perform a search with the keywords:

<iframe src="http://www.example.com">

PHPNuke Splatt Forum Module Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released a patch to address this issue. The effectiveness of this patch, however, has not been confirmed.


Splatt Forum 4.0

• Splatt Splatt Forum 4.0 Fix 1
  http://www.splatt.it/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownloaddetai ls&lid=166&ttitle=Splatt%20Forum%204.0%20Fix%201

PHPNuke Splatt Forum Module Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Splatt Homepage (Splatt)
  
• Multiple Vulnerabilities in Splatt Forum 4.0 (Frame4 Security Systems )