Invision Power Board avatar cross-site scripting
| ipb-avatar-image-xss (29351) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Invision Power Board is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the action_admin/member.php. A remote attacker with basic administrator privileges could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted image as the avatar to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to force the administrator to execute arbitrary SQL commands on the system.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 3.4 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 3 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Invision Power Board (2.17 or later), available from the Invision Power Services Web site. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Oct 04 2006 - 13:58:38 CDT : Invision Power Board Multiple Vulnerabilities.
- Invision Power Services Web site: Invision Power Services: Invision Blog.
- CVE-2006-5204: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in action_admin/member.php in Invision Power Board (IPB) 2.1.7 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a reference to a script in the avatar setting, which can be leveraged for a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack involving forced SQL execution by an admin.
- SA22272: Invision Power Board "Avatar" Cross-Site Request Forgery
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-3927: Invision Power Board avatar Variable Handling Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Invision Power Invision Power Board 2.1.7
Reported:
Oct 04, 2006
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