Beehive Forum links.php cross-site scripting
| beehive-forum-links-xss (34827) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Beehive Forum is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the links.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the viewmode, fid or sort_dir 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:
- Beehive Forum, Beehive Forum 0.7.1 and prior
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Beehive Forum Web site, Project Beehive Forum at http://www.beehiveforum.net/.
- Dragos Lungu Dot Com Blog, 2007/06/10, Beehive Zero Vulnerabilities - Myth BUSTED at http://www.dragoslungu.com/2007/06/10/beehive-zero-vulnerabilities-myth-busted/.
- BID-24413: Beehive Forum Links.PHP Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-3212: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in links.php in Beehive Forum 0.7.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) viewmode, (2) fid, and (3) sort_dir parameters, different vectors than CVE-2005-4460.
- SA25634: Beehive Forum "links.php" Cross-Site Scripting
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-2146: Beehive Forum Multiple Parameter Processing Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Jun 10, 2007
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