A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Mintboard 0.3 (Forum Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument pass 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. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Mintboard 0.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) name or (2) pass parameter in views/login.php or (3) name or (4) pass parameter in views/signup.php.

The weakness was released 07/29/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mavitunasecurity.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2013-4951 since 07/29/2013. 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.

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 (38638), SecurityFocus (BID 61114†) and OSVDB (95120†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Forum Software

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• Mintboard

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• 0.3

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