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FunkBoard Authentication Bypass and Cross-Site Scripting
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA20433
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Release Date:
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2006-06-06
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Last Update:
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2006-06-08
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Popularity:
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4,462 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
Cross Site Scripting
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | FunkBoard 0.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-2896
CVE-2006-2897
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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in FunkBoard, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions and to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
1) The vulnerability is caused due to an insecure authentication process in profile.php. This can be exploited to manipulate certain user profiles.
2) Input to some unspecified parameters is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 0.71. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Apply patch provided by the vendor.
http://www.funkboard.co.uk/forum/thread.php?id=302
Provided and/or discovered by:
1) ajann
2) Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2006-06-08: Added CVE references.
Original Advisory:
http://milw0rm.com/exploits/1875
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