WoltLab Burning Board modcp.php cross-site request forgery

wbb-modcp-csrf (39878)

Medium Risk

Description:

WoltLab Burning Board is vulnerable to a cross-site request forgery, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the modcp.php script. By persuading a victim with administrative privileges to visit a specially-crafted Web site, a remote attacker could send a specially-crafted HTTP request to cause the victim to delete existing threads and possibly perform other arbitrary tasks. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform cross-site scripting attacks, Web cache poisoning and other malicious activities.

*CVSS:

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector:	Network
Access Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	None
Temporal Score:	4.1
Exploitability:	High
Remediation Level:	Unavailable
Report Confidence:	Uncorroborated

Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.

References:

• BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Jan 23 2008 - 13:49:48 CST : Woltlab Burning Board 2.3.6 PL2 Remote Delete Thread XSRF Vulnerability.
• WoltLab Burning Board Web site: WoltLab GmbH | Products | Burning Board | Overview.
• CVE-2008-0472: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in modcp.php in Woltlab Burning Board (wBB) 2.3.6 PL2 allows remote attackers to delete threads as moderators or administrators via a thread_del action.
• SA28634: Woltlab Burning Board Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability

Platforms Affected:

• WoltLab WoltLab Burning Board 2.3.6 PL2

Reported:

Jan 23, 2008

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