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Woltlab Burning Board Two Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA15058
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Release Date:
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2005-04-25
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Last Update:
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2005-05-18
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Popularity:
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6,898 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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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: | Woltlab Burning Board 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-1285
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Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Woltlab Burning Board, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
1) Input passed to the "hilight" parameter in "thread.php" isn't 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 a vulnerable site.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 2.3.1 and prior.
2) Input passed to the "folderid" parameter in "pms.php" isn't 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 a vulnerable site.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 2.3.1 PL2 and prior.
Solution:
Update to version 2.3.2.
Provided and/or discovered by:
1) deluxe89
2) [R] and deluxe89
Changelog:
2005-04-27: Added additional vulnerability provided by [R] and deluxe89.
2005-05-02: Added CVE reference.
2005-05-18: Updated "Solution" section.
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