Jelsoft vBulletin up to 3.5.3 member.php userid cross site scripting
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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Jelsoft vBulletin (Forum Software). This issue affects an unknown code block of the file member.php. The manipulation of the argument userid
with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:
** DISPUTED ** Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in member.php in vBulletin 3.5.x allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the u parameter. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this report, stating that they have been unable to replicate the issue and that "the userid parameter is run through our filtering system as an unsigned integer."
The weakness was presented 06/21/2006 by CrAzY CrAcKeR as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-3253 since 06/27/2006. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. By approaching the search of inurl:member.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 vulnerability database at X-Force (27261).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.1
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VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploiting
Class: Cross site scriptingCWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059.007
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
06/20/2006 🔍06/21/2006 🔍
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07/26/2006 🔍
03/12/2015 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: vbulletin.comAdvisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: CrAzY CrAcKeR
Status: Not defined
Disputed: 🔍
CVE: CVE-2006-3253 (🔍)
X-Force: 27261
SecurityTracker: 1016348
SecurityFocus: 18551 - Vbulletin Member.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
OSVDB: 27508 - vBulletin member.php u Parameter XSS
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/12/2015 14:25Updated: 08/14/2018 08:20
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (63), 08/14/2018 08:20 (2)
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