WoltLab Burning Board (wBB) attachment.php cross-site scripting
| wbb-attachment-xss (28481) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
WoltLab Burning Board (wBB) is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the attachment.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using attachmentid parameter in a specially-crafted URL 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:
- WoltLab, WoltLab Burning Board 2.3.5 and prior
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sun Aug 20 2006 - 12:22:53 CDT , WoltLab Burning Board 2.3.5(WBB) in XSS at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-08/0400.html.
- WoltLab GmbH Web site, WoltLab GmbH | Products | Burning Board | Overview at http://www.woltlab.de/products/burning_board/index_en.php.
- BID-19639: Woltlab Burning Board Attachment.php HTML Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-4317: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in attachment.php in WoltLab Burning Board (WBB) 2.3.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a GIF image that contains URL-encoded Javascript.
- SA21580: WoltLab Burning Board Attachment Script Insertion
Reported:
Aug 20, 2006
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