Xoops Viewtopic.php Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:9497

Info

Xoops Viewtopic.php Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9497
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 26 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 26 2004 12:00AM
Credit: The disclosure of this issue has been credited to Ben Drysdale <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Xoops Xoops 2.0.5 .2
Xoops Xoops 2.0.5 .1
Xoops Xoops 2.0.5
Xoops Xoops 2.0.3
Xoops Xoops 2.0.2
Xoops Xoops 2.0.1
Xoops Xoops 2.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Xoops Viewtopic.php Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

It has been reported that Xoops may be prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability that may allow a remote user to execute HTML or script code in a user's browser. HTML and script code may be parsed via the 'topic_id' and 'forum' URI parameters of 'newbb/viewtopic.php' script.

Successful exploitation of this attack may allow an attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials. Other attacks are also possible.

Xoops versions 2.x have been reported to be prone to this issue.

Exploit / POC

Xoops Viewtopic.php Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

The following proof of concept examples have been supplied:
http://www.example.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=14577&forum=2"><script>alert(document.cookie);</script>
http://www.example.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=14577"><script>alert(document.cookie);</script>&forum=2

Solution / Fix

Xoops Viewtopic.php Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

Xoops Viewtopic.php Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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