Splatt Forum 3.0 IMG Tag cross site scripting

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A vulnerability has been found in Splatt Forum 3.0 (Forum Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component IMG Tag Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Splatt Forum 3.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script as other users via an [img] tag with a closing quote followed by the script.

The weakness was published 10/04/2002 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at online.securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-0959. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (9279).

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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06/06/2002 🔍
10/04/2002 +120 days 🔍
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10/04/2002 +0 days 🔍
07/04/2004 +639 days 🔍
07/29/2014 +3677 days 🔍
05/22/2019 +1758 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: online.securityfocus.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2002-0959 (🔍)
X-Force: 9279
Vulnerability Center: 4664 - XSS in Splatt Forum 3.0 Allows Code Execution and Stealing Cookie-Based Authentication Credentials, Medium
SecurityFocus: 4953 - Splatt Forum Image Tag HTML Injection Vulneraility

Entryinfo

Created: 07/29/2014 11:31
Updated: 05/22/2019 17:24
Changes: 07/29/2014 11:31 (54), 05/22/2019 17:24 (3)
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