Infopop Ultimate Bulletin Board up to 5.47 IMG Tag cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Infopop Ultimate Bulletin Board up to 5.47. This affects an unknown function of the component IMG Tag Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2001-0897. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Infopop Ultimate Bulletin Board up to 5.47 (Forum Software). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component IMG Tag Handler. The manipulation 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 confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Infopop Ultimate Bulletin Board (UBB) before 5.47e allows remote attackers to steal user cookies via an [IMG] tag that references an about: URL with an onerror field.

The weakness was disclosed 11/15/2001 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at marc.theaimsgroup.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-0897. The exploitation is known to be easy. 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10265 (Infopop Ultimate Bulletin Board [IMG] Tag Javascript Embedding Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 5.47e eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (6142), SecurityFocus (BID 2408†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6492†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

• Forum Software

Vendor

• Infopop

Name

• Ultimate Bulletin Board

Version

• 5.0
• 5.1
• 5.2
• 5.3
• 5.4
• 5.5
• 5.6
• 5.7
• 5.8
• 5.9
• 5.10
• 5.11
• 5.12
• 5.13
• 5.14
• 5.15
• 5.16
• 5.17
• 5.18
• 5.19
• 5.20
• 5.21
• 5.22
• 5.23
• 5.24
• 5.25
• 5.26
• 5.27
• 5.28
• 5.29
• 5.30
• 5.31
• 5.32
• 5.33
• 5.34
• 5.35
• 5.36
• 5.37
• 5.38
• 5.39
• 5.40
• 5.41
• 5.42
• 5.43
• 5.44
• 5.45
• 5.46
• 5.47

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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
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Ultimate Bulletin Board 5.47e

Timelineinfo

02/21/2001 🔍
02/21/2001 +0 days 🔍
11/15/2001 +267 days 🔍
11/15/2001 +0 days 🔍
12/15/2004 +1126 days 🔍
07/10/2014 +3494 days 🔍
10/01/2025 +4101 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2001-0897 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2001-0897
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-17597
X-Force: 6142
SecurityFocus: 2408 - Ultimate Bulletin Board [IMG] Tag Javascript Embedding Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 6492 - Infopop Ultimate Bulletin Board 5.0 .x Beta Allows Obtaining Sensitive Information via IMG Tag, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 07/10/2014 12:36
Updated: 10/01/2025 10:39
Changes: 07/10/2014 12:36 (58), 05/27/2019 11:40 (2), 10/01/2025 10:39 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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