PHP Prayer Board prayerborad.php or prayerboard_db.php cross-site scripting
| phpprayerboard-multiple-xss (13353) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
PHP Prayer Board is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper filtering of user-supplied input. A local attacker could embed malicious script in a specially-crafted URL request to the prayerboard.php script or the prayerboard_db.php script, which would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site, once the link is clicked.
Platforms Affected:
- Andrew Ziem, PHP Prayer Board prior to 0.52
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of PHP Prayer Board (0.52 or later), available from the PHP Prayer Board Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- PHP Prayer Board Web site, PHP Prayer Board - free, web-based bulletin board for prayer requests at http://phpprayerboard.sourceforge.net/.
- BID-8775: PHP Prayer Board Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Reported:
Oct 06, 2003
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