vBulletin multiple script cross-site scripting
| vbulletin-xss (22324) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
vBulletin is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL to the css.php, index.php, user.php, language.php, modlog.php, or template.php scripts containing embedded script which, once the link is clicked, would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of vBulletin (3.0.9 or later), available from the vBulletin Download Web page. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sun Sep 18 2005 - 05:29:48 CDT: Multiple vulnerabilities in (admincp/modcp of) vBulletin 3.0.8/9.
- vBulletin Web site: vBulletin 3.0.9.
- BID-14874: VBulletin Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2005-3020: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in vBulletin before 3.0.9 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) group parameter to css.php, (2) redirect parameter to index.php, (3) email parameter to user.php, (4) goto parameter to language.php, (5) orderby parameter to modlog.php, and the (6) hex, (7) rgb, or (8) expandset parameter to template.php.
- SA16873: vBulletin Multiple Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Jelsoft Enterprises vBulletin prior to 3.0.9
Reported:
Sep 18, 2005
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