Advanced Guestbook for phpBB guestbook.php cross-site scripting

advancedguestbook-guestbook-xss (27907) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Advanced Guestbook for phpBB is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the guestbook.php script. If register_globals is enabled, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the 'entry' 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:

  • phpBB2Hacks.de, Advanced GuestBook for phpBB 2.4.0

Remedy:

No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.

Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

  • BugTraq Mailing List, Sat Jul 22 2006 - 04:06:26 CDT , [MajorSecurity #25] Advanced Guestbook 2.4 for phpBB - Multiple XSS and SQL-Injection Vulnerabilities at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-07/0381.html.
  • phpBB Advanced GuestBook Web site, phpBB2Hacks.de :: Advanced GuestBook for phpBB at http://www.phpbb2hacks.de/dload.php?action=file&file_id=153.
  • BID-15927: Advanced Guestbook Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2006-7076: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in guestbook.php in Advanced Guestbook 2.4 for phpBB allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the entry parameter. NOTE: this issue might be resultant from SQL injection.
  • SA19905: phpBB Advanced GuestBook Multiple Vulnerabilities

Reported:

Jul 22, 2006

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