MyBB search.php cross-site scripting
| mybb-search-xss (24466) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
MyBB (formerly MyBulletinBoard) is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the search.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the sortby or sortordr parameters to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, allowing the attacker to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.2 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of MyBB (1.10 or later), available from the MyBB Web site. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Jan 25 2006 - 17:33:02 CST: MyBB 1.0.2 XSS attack in search.php redirection.
- MyBB Web site: MyBB Website.
- BID-16387: MyBB Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-0470: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in MyBulletinBoard (MyBB) 1.02 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) sortby and (2) sortordr parameters, which are not properly handled in a redirection.
- CVE-2006-0639: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search.php in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) 1.0.2 allows remote attackers with knowledge of the table prefix to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a URL encoded value of the keywords parameter, as demonstrated by %3Cscript%3E.
- OSVDB ID: 22750: MyBulletinBoard (MyBB) search.php Multiple Variable XSS
- SA18617: MyBB Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0350: MyBB sortby and sortordr Variables Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- MyBB MyBB 1.02
Reported:
Jan 25, 2006
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