Soren Boysen Skull-Splitter Guestbook 1.0 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Soren Boysen Skull-Splitter Guestbook 1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2005-1620. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Soren Boysen Skull-Splitter Guestbook 1.0. This affects some unknown processing. 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 Skull-Splitter Guestbook 1.0, 2.0 and 2.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) title or (2) content of a message.

The bug was discovered 05/14/2005. The weakness was disclosed 05/16/2005 by Morinex as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-1620 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 are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18265 (Skull-Splitter Guestbook Multiple Field 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 Exploit-DB (25662), Tenable (18265), SecurityFocus (BID 13632†), OSVDB (16613†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-8089†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 18265
Nessus Name: Skull-Splitter Guestbook Multiple Field XSS
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03/11/2015 +3579 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Morinex
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-1620 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1620
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25227
SecurityFocus: 13632 - Skull-Splitter Guestbook Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: 16613 - CVE-2005-1620 - Skull-Splitter Guestbook - Cross-Site Scripting Issue
Vulnerability Center: 8089 - XSS in Skull-Splitter Guestbook via Title and Content Parameters, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 11/27/2025 18:12
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (61), 06/01/2019 18:16 (7), 11/27/2025 18:12 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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