vBulletin Private Message HTML Injection Vulnerability

BID:7594

Info

vBulletin Private Message HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7594
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 14 2003 12:00AM
Updated: May 14 2003 12:00AM
Credit: The discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to "Ferruh Mavituna" <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: VBulletin VBulletin 3.0 beta 2
Not Vulnerable: VBulletin VBulletin 2.2 .0

Discussion

vBulletin Private Message HTML Injection Vulnerability

A vulnerability has been reported in vBulletin 3.0.0 beta 2. The problem is said to occur due to insufficient sanitization of private messages. As a result, an attacker may be capable of embedding malicious HTML or script code within a private message. This code may be interpreted by a legitimate user when previewing the message.

It should be noted that vBulletin 3.0.0 beta 2 is not a public release and has only been made available to a small portion of selected sites. This issue does not affect any public releases of vBulletin.

Exploit / POC

vBulletin Private Message HTML Injection Vulnerability

A proof of concept HTML exploit has been made available:

Solution / Fix

vBulletin Private Message HTML Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
The vulnerable version is not a public release. Any sites that may be running vBulletin 3.0.0 beta 2 should either install a public version or contact the vendor to obtain a fixed version of the beta.

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