phpBB 2.0.17 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in phpBB 2.0.17. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2005-3310. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in phpBB 2.0.17 (Forum Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation 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:

Interpretation conflict in phpBB 2.0.17, with remote avatars and avatar uploading enabled, allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an HTML file with a GIF or JPEG file extension, which causes the HTML to be executed by a victim who views the file in Internet Explorer, which renders malformed image types as HTML, enabling cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. NOTE: it could be argued that this vulnerability is due to a design flaw in Internet Explorer (CVE-2005-3312) and the proper fix should be in that browser; if so, then this should not be treated as a vulnerability in phpBB.

The bug was discovered 12/01/2005. The weakness was released 10/25/2005 (Website). The advisory is available at debian.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-3310 since 10/26/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21405 (FreeBSD : phpbb -- multiple vulnerabilities (28c9243a-72ed-11da-8c1d-000e0c2e438a)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 5 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22837), Tenable (21405), SecurityFocus (BID 15170†), OSVDB (20248†) and Secunia (SA17295†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-27254 and VDB-27745. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 21405
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : phpbb -- multiple vulnerabilities (28c9243a-72ed-11da-8c1d-000e0c2e438a)
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OpenVAS ID: 56053
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 925-1 (phpbb2)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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10/24/2005 +2 days 🔍
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10/26/2005 +1 days 🔍
12/01/2005 +36 days 🔍
02/16/2006 +77 days 🔍
05/13/2006 +86 days 🔍
12/05/2006 +206 days 🔍
03/11/2015 +3018 days 🔍
07/11/2019 +1583 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: phpbb.com

Advisory: debian.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-3310 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3310
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26666
X-Force: 22837
SecurityFocus: 15170 - phpBB Avatar Upload HTML Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 17295 - phpBB Avatar Script Insertion Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 20248 - Drupal unknown cross-site scripting
Vulnerability Center: 13225 - phpBB Remote Web Script or HTML Injection by Authenticated Users via an HTML File with GIF or JPEG, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 07/11/2019 14:44
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (75), 07/11/2019 14:44 (5)
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Cache ID: 216:FA7:103

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