YaBB up to 2000-09-11 yabb.pl board cross site scripting

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in YaBB (Forum Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file yabb.pl. The manipulation of the argument board 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 integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in YaBB.pl in YaBB 1 GOLD SP 1.3.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a hex-encoded to parameter. NOTE: some sources say that the board parameter is affected, but this is incorrect.

The bug was discovered 09/21/2004. The weakness was presented 09/16/2004 with Gulftech (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-2402 since 08/17/2005. 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. Technical details and also a exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14782 (YaBB 1 GOLD SP 1.3.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

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 databases at X-Force (17452) and Tenable (14782). See 23294 for similar entry.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007

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Nessus ID: 14782
Nessus Name: YaBB 1 GOLD SP 1.3.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 14782
OpenVAS Name: YaBB XSS and Administrator Command Execution
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Organization: Gulftech
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-2402 (🔍)
X-Force: 17452
Vulnerability Center: 5449 - YaBB XSS via Hex-Encoded \, Medium
SecurityFocus: 11215 - YaBB YaBB.pl IMSend Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 12593
OSVDB: 10242 - YaBB YaBB.pl to Parameter XSS

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/09/2015 16:19
Updated: 06/05/2019 11:10
Changes: 03/09/2015 16:19 (76), 06/05/2019 11:10 (2)
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