Phorum Message Form Field HTML Injection Variant Vulnerability

BID:7545

Info

Phorum Message Form Field HTML Injection Variant Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7545
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 09 2003 12:00AM
Updated: May 09 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this issue is credited to WiciU <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Phorum Phorum 3.4.2
Phorum Phorum 3.4.1
Phorum Phorum 3.4
Not Vulnerable: Phorum Phorum 3.4.3

Discussion

Phorum Message Form Field HTML Injection Variant Vulnerability

An HTML injection issue has been reported which may lead to unauthorized code execution.

It has been reported that it is possible to inject HTML or script code into the subject and other fields of a message in Phorum. This may be done by including code in message fields before sending a message to the target victim.

This issue is a variant of the vulnerability described in BID 7262 that also affects Phorum 3.4.2.

Exploit / POC

Phorum Message Form Field HTML Injection Variant Vulnerability

The following proof-of-concept was provided by WiciU <[email protected]>:

<<b>script>alert(document.cookie);<<b>/script>

Solution / Fix

Phorum Message Form Field HTML Injection Variant Vulnerability

Solution:
This issue has been addressed in Phorum 3.4.3. Users are advised to upgrade.


Phorum Phorum 3.4

Phorum Phorum 3.4.1

Phorum Phorum 3.4.2

References

Phorum Message Form Field HTML Injection Variant Vulnerability

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