Jelsoft vBulletin up to 2.3.8 memberlist.php what cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Jelsoft vBulletin. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file memberlist.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument what results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-1824. The attack may be initiated remotely. In addition, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Jelsoft vBulletin (Forum Software). This affects an unknown code block of the file memberlist.php. The manipulation of the argument what with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Jelsoft vBulletin before 3.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the what parameter to memberlist.php.

The weakness was presented 03/15/2004 by JeiAr with Gulftech (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at secunia.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-1824 since 05/04/2005. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:memberlist.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14833 (vBulletin memberlist.php what Parameter XSS), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses : XSS and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10930 (VBulletin Memberlist.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 3.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (15495), Exploit-DB (22030), Tenable (14833), SecurityFocus (BID 9887†) and OSVDB (4312†). See VDB-22922, VDB-81963 and VDB-90850 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 14833
Nessus Name: vBulletin memberlist.php what Parameter XSS
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OpenVAS ID: 14833
OpenVAS Name: vBulletin XSS(2)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: vBulletin 3.0

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03/17/2004 +1 days 🔍
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12/31/2004 +94 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: vbulletin.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: JeiAr
Organization: Gulftech
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2004-1824 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1824
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22923
X-Force: 15495
SecurityFocus: 9887 - JelSoft VBulletin MemberList.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 11142 - vBulletin Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 4312 - vBulletin memberlist.php what Parameter XSS
SecurityTracker: 1009440

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

Created: 03/09/2015 15:52
Updated: 07/06/2025 14:07
Changes: 03/09/2015 15:52 (79), 04/22/2019 09:58 (1), 06/16/2025 10:45 (22), 07/06/2025 14:07 (2)
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