Invision Power Services IP.Board up to 2.0.3 search.php highlite cross site scripting

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A vulnerability has been found in Invision Power Services IP.Board up to 2.0.3 (Forum Software) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the file search.php. The manipulation of the argument highlite 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. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in (1) search.php and (2) topics.php for Invision Power Board (IPB) 2.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the highlite parameter.

The bug was discovered 05/05/2005. The weakness was shared 05/05/2005 by James Bercegay with Gulftech (Website). The advisory is shared for download at gulftech.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-1597 since 05/16/2005. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:search.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18203 (Invision Power Board < 2.0.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (SQLi, XSS)), 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.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (20445), Tenable (18203) and Exploit-DB (43824). The entry 25205 is related to this item.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 18203
Nessus Name: Invision Power Board < 2.0.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (SQLi, XSS)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: invisioncommunity.com

Advisory: gulftech.org
Researcher: James Bercegay
Organization: Gulftech
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-1597 (🔍)
X-Force: 20445
SecurityTracker: 1013907
Vulnerability Center: 7995 - XSS in Invision Power Services Invision Board < 2.0.4 via 'highlite\x27 Parameter, Medium
SecurityFocus: 13534 - Invision Power Board Topics.PHP Highlite Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 15265
OSVDB: 16298 - Invision Power Board topics.php highlite Parameter XSS
Vupen: ADV-2005-0487

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 06/06/2019 16:13
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (72), 06/06/2019 16:13 (13)
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