phpBB forum message cross-site scripting
| phpbb-forum-msg-xss (10696) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
phpBB is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper filtering of HTML tags. A remote attacker could embed malicious script within HTML tags in a forum message, which would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site, once the message is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Platforms Affected:
- phpBB, phpBB 2.0.3
- phpBB, phpBB 2.0.4
- phpBB, phpBB 2.0.5
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, 2002-11-25 8:51:57, [Sec-Tec Advisory] Local scripting vulnerability in phpBB at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=103825419231117&w=2.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Aug 18 2003 - 14:56:59 CDT, XSS vulnerability in phpBB at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-08/0266.html.
- phpBB Web site, phpBB:: Creating Communities at http://www.phpbb.com/.
- BID-6248: phpBB Script Injection Vulnerability
Reported:
Nov 25, 2002
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