PHP-Post Web Forum up to 0.32 cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in PHP-Post Web Forum up to 0.32. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2005-0832. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in PHP-Post Web Forum up to 0.32 (Forum Software). This affects an unknown code. The manipulation 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 PHP-Post before 0.33 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unknown vectors.

The weakness was released 05/02/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-0832 since 03/22/2005. 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. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 0.33 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 12845†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-24650. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Forum Software

Vendor

• PHP-Post

Name

• Web Forum

Version

• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9
• 0.10
• 0.11
• 0.12
• 0.13
• 0.14
• 0.15
• 0.16
• 0.17
• 0.18
• 0.19
• 0.20
• 0.21
• 0.22
• 0.23
• 0.24
• 0.25
• 0.26
• 0.27
• 0.28
• 0.29
• 0.30
• 0.31
• 0.32

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