PHP-Fusion up to 6.00.200 members.php sortby cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in PHP-Fusion up to 6.00.200. Affected is an unknown function of the file members.php. This manipulation of the argument sortby causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2005-4516. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PHP-Fusion up to 6.00.200 (Content Management System). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file members.php. The manipulation of the argument sortby 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:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PHP-Fusion 6.00.200 through 6.00.300 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the sortby parameter in members.php and (2) IMG tags.

The weakness was presented 12/22/2005 by krasza (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at secunia.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-4516 since 12/28/2005. 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 public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:members.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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 Exploit-DB (26872), SecurityFocus (BID 15931†), OSVDB (22048†) and Secunia (SA18190†). See VDB-27764 and VDB-83428 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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09/21/2025 +3846 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: krasza
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-4516 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-4516
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27763
SecurityFocus: 15931 - PHP-Fusion Members.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 18190 - PHP-Fusion Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 22048 - PHP-Fusion members.php sortby Parameter XSS
Vupen: ADV-2005-3063

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11 AM
Updated: 09/21/2025 11:19 PM
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 AM (55), 06/24/2018 01:08 PM (8), 09/21/2025 11:19 PM (23)
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