Virtual War (vWar) for PHP-Nuke login.php and today.php cross-site scripting
| virtualwar-login-today-xss (33647) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Virtual War (vWar) for PHP-Nuke is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the login.php and today.php scripts. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the memberlist or title field 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 steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Platforms Affected:
- vwar.biz, Virtual War 1.5.0 R15 and prior
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Apr 13 2007 - 11:01:13 CDT , [waraxe-2007-SA#048] - Multiple vulnerabilities in Virtual War 1.5 module for PhpNuke at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-04/0211.html.
- Virtual War (vWar) Web site, VWar - Virtual War at http://www.vwar.de/.
- BID-23478: VWar Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-2306: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Virtual War (VWar) 1.5.0 R15 and earlier module for PHP-Nuke, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) memberlist parameter to extra/login.php and the (2) title parameter to extra/today.php.
- SA24887: PHP-Nuke vWar Module SQL Injection and Cross-Site Scripting
Reported:
Apr 13, 2007
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