Invision Power Board (IP.Board) user profile cross-site scripting
| ipb-profile-xss (36589) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Invision Power Board (IP.Board) is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the user profile. If character sets other than iso-8859-1 or utf-8 are enabled, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using unspecified fields 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:
- Invision Power, Invision Power Board 2.3.1
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Invision Power Board (2.3.1 after 9/12/2007 or later), available from the Invision Power Board Web site. See References.
--OR--
Refer to Invision Power Web site: Company News and Updates for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Invision Power Web site: Company News and Updates, IP.Board Security Enhancements at http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?showtopic=237075.
- BID-25656: Invision Power Board User Profile And Subscription Manager Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-4912: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in ips_kernel/class_ajax.php in Invision Power Board (IPB or IP.Board) 2.3.1 up to 20070912 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into user profile fields via unspecified vectors related to character sets other than iso-8859-1 or utf-8.
- SA26788: Invision Power Board Multiple Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Sep 12, 2007
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