XMB Forum Member.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	7662
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2003-0375
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 22 2003 12:00AM
Updated:	Sep 11 2008 07:41PM
Credit:	Discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to Marc Ruef <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable:	XMB Forum 1.8 SP1 XMB Forum 1.8
Not Vulnerable:	XMB Forum 1.9.8

XMB Forum Member.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

XMB Forum has been reported prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

XMB Forum fails to adequately filter script code from URL parameters, making it prone to cross-site scripting attacks. Attacker-supplied script code may be included in a malicious link to a specific XMB Forum script.

This may enable a remote attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials from legitimate users of a host running XMB Forum.

Note that although this vulnerability has been reported to affect XMB Forum 1.8, previous versions might also be affected.

XMB Forum Member.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

The following proof of concept has been provided by Marc Ruef <[email protected]>:

http://www.example.com/forum/member.php?action=viewpro&member=%3Cdiv%3E%3Cfont%20color=%22red%22%3EMarc%3C/font%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(%22Ruef%22);%3C/script%3E%3C/div%3E

XMB Forum Member.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an update. Contact the vendor for more information.

XMB Forum Member.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Summary of Official Vendor Statements (XMB)
  
• XMB Forum Home Page (The XMB Group)
  
• XMB 1.8 Partagium cross site scripting vulnerability (Marc Ruef )