WowBB Web Forum 1.61 view_user.php user_email cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in WowBB Web Forum 1.61. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file view_user.php. Executing a manipulation of the argument user_email can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2004-2180. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in WowBB Web Forum 1.61 (Forum Software). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the file view_user.php. The manipulation of the argument user_email 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. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WowBB Forum 1.61 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) country parameter to view_user.php, (2) show parameter to view_forum.php, (3) letter parameter to view_user.php, (4) highlight parameter to view_topic.php, (5) show parameter to index.php, (6) q parameter to search.php, (7) Referer header to admin.php, or the (8) user_email parameter to login.php.

The weakness was disclosed 12/31/2004 by Positive Technologies with Positive Technologies (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-2180 since 07/11/2005. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

By approaching the search of inurl:view_user.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15557 (WowBB <= 1.61 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

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 (17729), Tenable (15557), SecurityFocus (BID 11429†), OSVDB (19194†) and Secunia (SA12843†). The entries VDB-23093 and VDB-25178 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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

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Nessus ID: 15557
Nessus Name: WowBB <= 1.61 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 15557
OpenVAS Name: WowBB <= 1.61 multiple flaws
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10/15/2004 🔍
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10/25/2004 +10 days 🔍
10/27/2004 +2 days 🔍
12/31/2004 +65 days 🔍
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07/11/2005 +192 days 🔍
03/09/2015 +3528 days 🔍
06/05/2019 +1549 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Positive Technologies
Organization: Positive Technologies
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-2180 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-2180
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-23092
X-Force: 17729
SecurityFocus: 11429 - WowBB Forum Multiple Unspecified Remote Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 12843
OSVDB: 19194 - WowBB admin.php Referer Field XSS
Vulnerability Center: 5664 - XSS in WowBB Forum 1.61, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/09/2015 15:52
Updated: 06/05/2019 09:54
Changes: 03/09/2015 15:52 (73), 06/05/2019 09:54 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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