PhpBB Plus up to 1.52 groupcp.php Article cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in PhpBB Plus up to 1.52. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file groupcp.php. Such manipulation of the argument Article leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2005-1113. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in PhpBB Plus up to 1.52 (Forum Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the file groupcp.php. The manipulation of the argument article 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 integrity. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PhpBB Plus 1.52 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the bsid parameter to (1) groupcp.php, (2) index.php, (3) portal.php, (4) viewforum.php, or (5) viewtopic.php, (6) the c parameter to index.php, or (7) the article parameter to portal.php.

The weakness was published 05/02/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-1113 since 04/16/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for 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:groupcp.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18573 (phpBB2 Plus <= 1.52 Multiple 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.

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 (20085), Tenable (18573), SecurityFocus (BID 13149†), OSVDB (15929†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-8501†). Similar entries are available at VDB-24863 and VDB-24862. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Forum Software

Name

• PhpBB Plus

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29
• 1.30
• 1.31
• 1.32
• 1.33
• 1.34
• 1.35
• 1.36
• 1.37
• 1.38
• 1.39
• 1.40
• 1.41
• 1.42
• 1.43
• 1.44
• 1.45
• 1.46
• 1.47
• 1.48
• 1.49
• 1.50
• 1.51
• 1.52

License

• open-source

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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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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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 18573
Nessus Name: phpBB2 Plus <= 1.52 Multiple XSS
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Countermeasuresinfo

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Timelineinfo

04/13/2005 🔍
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04/16/2005 +3 days 🔍
05/02/2005 +16 days 🔍
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06/28/2005 +57 days 🔍
07/04/2005 +6 days 🔍
03/11/2015 +3537 days 🔍
06/02/2019 +1544 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-1113 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1113
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-24860
X-Force: 20085
SecurityFocus: 13149 - PHPBB2 Plus GroupCP.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
OSVDB: 15929 - phpBB2 Plus viewtopic.php bsid Parameter XSS
Vulnerability Center: 8501 - Multiple XSS in PhpBB Plus <= 1.52, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 06/02/2019 21:48
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (65), 06/02/2019 21:48 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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