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A vulnerability has been found in phpMyForum 4.0/4.1/4.1.3 (Forum Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the file topic.php. The manipulation of the argument highlight 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 topic.php in phpMyForum 4.1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the highlight parameter.

The weakness was shared 06/20/2006 by r0t (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-3149 since 06/22/2006. 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. 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 declared as highly functional. By approaching the search of inurl:topic.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (27250).

Productinfo

Type

• Forum Software

Name

• phpMyForum

Version

• 4.0
• 4.1
• 4.1.3

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

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

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Highly functional
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

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07/29/2018 +1235 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: r0t
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-3149 (🔍)
X-Force: 27250 - phpMyForum topic.php cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 18542 - PHPMyForum Topic.php Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 20678 - phpMyForum "highlight" Parameter Cross-Site Scripting, Less Critical
OSVDB: 26678 - phpMyForum topic.php highlight Parameter XSS
Vupen: ADV-2006-2437

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 07/29/2018 12:52
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (57), 07/29/2018 12:52 (8)
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