vBulletin showthread.php, forumdisplay.php or memberlist.php cross-site scripting

vbulletin-showthread-xss (15495) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium 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.

Platforms Affected:

  • Jelsoft Enterprises, vBulletin 3.0.0RC4 and prior

Remedy:

No remedy available as of March 2004.

Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

  • BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Mar 15 2004 - 21:14:15 CST , JelSoft vBulletin Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-03/0147.html.
  • GulfTech Web site, Multiple JelSoft vBulletin XSS Vulnerabilities at http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00031-03152004.
  • 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

Reported:

Mar 15, 2004

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