ASPBB profile.asp and default.asp cross-site scripting
| aspbb-profile-default-xss (26530) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
ASPBB is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the profile.asp and default.asp scripts. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the 'get' or 'action' parameter 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.
Platforms Affected:
- ASPBB, ASPBB 0.5.2
Remedy:
No remedy available as of August 16, 2008.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- ASPBB.org, Free forum software in ASP at http://www.aspbb.org/.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu May 18 2006 - 05:37:53 CDT , AspBB Forum "profile.asp & default.asp" XSS Vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0350.html.
- BID-18025: ASPBB Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-2497: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in AspBB 0.5.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) action parameter to default.asp or (2) get parameter to profile.asp.
- OSVDB ID: 25650: ASPBB default.asp action Variable XSS
- OSVDB ID: 25651: ASPBB profile.asp get Variable XSS
- SA20175: aspbb Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Reported:
May 18, 2006
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