Ultimate PHP Board up to 1.8 viewforum.php postorder cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ultimate PHP Board up to 1.8. It has been rated as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the file viewforum.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument postorder results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2005-1614. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Ultimate PHP Board up to 1.8 (Forum Software). This affects an unknown function of the file viewforum.php. The manipulation of the argument postorder 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in viewforum.php in Ultimate PHP Board (UPB) 1.8 through 1.9.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the postorder parameter.

The bug was discovered 05/13/2005. The weakness was released 05/16/2005 by Morinex (Website). The advisory is shared at marc.info. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-1614 since 05/16/2005. 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. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:viewforum.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18260 (Ultimate PHP Board < 1.9.7 viewforum.php 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.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (20678), Exploit-DB (25654), Tenable (18260), SecurityFocus (BID 13621†) and OSVDB (16771†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-25223 and VDB-25222. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 18260
Nessus Name: Ultimate PHP Board < 1.9.7 viewforum.php Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 18260
OpenVAS Name: Ultimate PHP Board ViewForum.PHP SQL injection and XSS flaws
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.info
Researcher: Morinex
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-1614 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1614
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25221
X-Force: 20678
SecurityFocus: 13621 - Ultimate PHP Board ViewForum.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
OSVDB: 16771 - Ultimate PHP Board viewforum.php cross-site scripting
Vulnerability Center: 7965 - XSS in Ultimate PHP Board <= 1.9.6 via ViewForum.PHP, Medium

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

Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 12/23/2025 16:04
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (71), 06/01/2019 12:02 (5), 12/23/2025 16:04 (27)
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