XMB multiple scripts allow cross-site scripting
| xmb-multiple-scripts-xss (15292) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Extreme Message Board (XMB) Forum is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could embed malicious script in certain parameters in multiple scripts, including the forumdisplay.php script, the member.php script, the u2uadmin.php script or the editprofile.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. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Platforms Affected:
- Aventure Media United Kingdom, XMB 1.8 SP2
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of XMB (1.8 Final SP3 or later), available from the XMB Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Feb 23 2004 - 12:47:37 CST , Multiple vulnerabilities in XMB 1.8 Partagium Final SP2 at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-02/0595.html.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Feb 25 2004 - 13:20:09 CST, Re: [waraxe-2004-SA#004] - Multiple vulnerabilities in XMB 1.8 Partagium Final SP2 at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-02/0645.html.
- XMB Web site, Welcome to the XMB Forum Website : Download XMB : at http://www.xmbforum.com/download/.
- BID-9726: XMB Forum Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2004-0322: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in XMB 1.8 Final SP2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary script as other users via the (1) member parameter in member.php, (2) uid parameter in u2uadmin.php, (3) user parameter in editprofile.php, (4) an onmouseover event in an align tag when bbcode is allowed, or (5) img tag where bbcode is allowed.
Reported:
Feb 23, 2004
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