vBulletin multiple vector cross-site scripting
| vbulletin-multiple-vector-xss (28244) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
vBulletin is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by using an unspecified security bypass vulnerability in includes/init.php, reregistering unspecified variables, calling an uninitialized variable in modcp/global.php, using an unspecified issue in includes/adminfunctions.php, or passing an unserialized variable into an array multiple times to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Platforms Affected:
- Jelsoft Enterprises, vBulletin 3.0.14
Remedy:
Refer to vBulletin 3.0.15 Release Notification for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Aug 04 2006 - 21:38:54 CDT , vBulletin 3.0.14 ~ init.php~ registerring global arbitary variable~ XSS exploit at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-08/0095.html.
- imei Addmimistrator¿s BugBlog, vBulletin 3.0.14 ~ init.php~ registerring global arbitary variable~ XSS exploit at http://myimei.com/security/2006-07-24/vbulletin-3014-initphp-XSS-exploit.html.
- KAPDA Advisory 4 Aug 2006, vBulletin 3.0.14 ~ init.php~ registerring global a - Kernel Bugs and 5 internall bugs causes at http://www.kapda.ir/print-397-advisory.html.
- vBulletin 3.0.15 Release Notification, vBulletin 3.0.15 at http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=194062.
- vBulletin Web site, vBulletin Features at http://www.vbulletin.com/features.php.
- BID-19358: VBulletin Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Aug 04, 2006
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