vBulletin showthread.php, forumdisplay.php or memberlist.php cross-site scripting
| vbulletin-showthread-xss (15495) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
vBulletin is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by the improper filtering of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could embed malicious script in a specially-crafted request to the showthread.php, forumdisplay.php, private.php, index.php or memberlist.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.
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of February 6, 2010.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Mar 15 2004 - 21:14:15 CST : JelSoft vBulletin Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities.
- GulfTech Web site: Multiple JelSoft vBulletin XSS Vulnerabilities.
- BID-16514: vBulletin Showthread.PHP Input Validation Vulnerability
- BID-6226: VBulletin Memberlist.PHP Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
- BID-9887: JelSoft VBulletin MemberList.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- BID-9888: JelSoft VBulletin ForumDisplay.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- BID-9889: JelSoft VBulletin ShowThread.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- BID-9940: JelSoft VBulletin Private.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- BID-9943: JelSoft VBulletin Multiple Module Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2004-1823: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Jelsoft vBulletin 2.0 beta 3 through 3.0 can4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) page parameter to showthread.php or (2) order parameter to forumdisplay.php.
- CVE-2004-1824: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Jelsoft vBulletin before 3.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the what parameter to memberlist.php.
- OSVDB ID: 4310: vBulletin forumdisplay.php order Variable XSS
- OSVDB ID: 4311: vBulletin showthread.php page Variable XSS
- OSVDB ID: 4312: vBulletin memberlist.php what Variable XSS
- SA11142: vBulletin Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1009440: vBulletin showthread, forumdisplay, and memberlist Input Validation Bugs Permit Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Platforms Affected:
- Jelsoft Enterprises vBulletin 3.0.0 RC4
Reported:
Mar 15, 2004
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