Invision Power Board description field cross-site scripting
| ipb-description-xss (29352) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Invision Power Board is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker with basic administrator privileges could exploit this vulnerability using the description field to inject malicious script into a privileged administrator's Web page which would be executed in the 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.
Platforms Affected:
- Invision Power, Invision Power Board 2.1.7 and prior
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Oct 04 2006 - 13:58:38 CDT , Invision Power Board Multiple Vulnerabilities at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-10/0050.html.
- Invision Power Services Web site, Invision Power Services: Invision Blog at http://www.invisionpower.com/ip.dynamic/products/blog/index.html.
- CVE-2006-5203: Invision Power Board (IPB) 2.1.7 and earlier allows remote restricted administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML, or execute arbitrary SQL commands, via a forum description that contains a crafted image with PHP code, which is executed when the user visits the Manage Forums link in the Admin control panel.
Reported:
Oct 04, 2006
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