Snitz Forums 2000 up to 3.3.03 IMG Tag cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Snitz Forums 2000 up to 3.3.03. Affected is an unknown function of the component IMG Tag Handler. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2002-0329. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Snitz Forums 2000 up to 3.3.03 (Forum Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality 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, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Snitz Forums 2000 3.3.03 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script as other Forums 2000 users via Javascript in an IMG tag.

The weakness was shared 06/25/2002 as confirmed advisory (CERT.org). The advisory is available at kb.cert.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-0329. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10500 (Snitz Forums 2000 Image Tag Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability).

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 X-Force (8309), Exploit-DB (21308), SecurityFocus (BID 4192†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-6616†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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02/26/2002 🔍
02/27/2002 +1 days 🔍
06/25/2002 +118 days 🔍
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12/28/2004 +917 days 🔍
07/11/2014 +3482 days 🔍
09/19/2025 +4088 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kb.cert.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2002-0329 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-0329
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-18314
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X-Force: 8309
SecurityFocus: 4192 - Snitz Forums 2000 Image Tag Cross-Agent Scripting Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 6616 - XSS in Snitz Forums 2000 3.0 - 3.3 .03 via IMG Tag, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2014 14:14
Updated: 09/19/2025 22:14
Changes: 07/11/2014 14:14 (56), 05/28/2019 16:40 (3), 06/24/2024 10:02 (25), 10/23/2024 11:05 (2), 09/19/2025 22:14 (2)
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