XMB Forum 1.8/1.8 Sp1/1.8 Sp2 member.php User cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in XMB Forum 1.8/1.8 Sp1/1.8 Sp2. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the file member.php. This manipulation of the argument User causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2004-0322. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

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A vulnerability has been found in XMB Forum 1.8/1.8 Sp1/1.8 Sp2 (Forum Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the file member.php. The manipulation of the argument user with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in XMB 1.8 Final SP2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary script as other users via the (1) member parameter in member.php, (2) uid parameter in u2uadmin.php, (3) user parameter in editprofile.php, (4) an onmouseover event in an align tag when bbcode is allowed, or (5) img tag where bbcode is allowed.

The weakness was published 02/23/2004 by Janek Vind with waraxe (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2004-0322. 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.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. 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 databases at X-Force (15292), Exploit-DB (23746) and SecurityFocus (BID 9726†). Similar entry is available at VDB-22612. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Forum Software

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• XMB

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• Forum

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• 1.8
• 1.8 Sp1
• 1.8 Sp2

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• open-source

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