Gerd Tentler Simple Forum 3.2 forum.php cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Gerd Tentler Simple Forum 3.2 (Forum Software). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the file forum.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in forum.php in Gerd Tentler Simple Forum 3.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) open and (2) date_show parameters.

The weakness was published 02/01/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-0541 since 02/01/2008. 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.

A public exploit has been developed by tomplixsee and been published even before and not after the advisory. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:forum.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (39978), Exploit-DB (4989), SecurityFocus (BID 27463†) and Secunia (SA28681†). Similar entry is available at VDB-40796.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
Author: tomplixsee
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Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-0541 (🔍)
X-Force: 39978 - Gerd Tentler Simple Forum forum.php cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 27463 - Gerd Tentler Simple Forum Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 28681 - Simple Forum Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/16/2015 01:43 PM
Updated: 10/15/2024 04:58 AM
Changes: 03/16/2015 01:43 PM (53), 11/05/2017 08:26 AM (14), 10/15/2024 04:58 AM (17)
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