Ekinboard 1.0.3 profile.php ID cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Ekinboard 1.0.3. This affects an unknown part of the file profile.php. Such manipulation of the argument ID leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2005-3638. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Ekinboard 1.0.3 (Forum Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the file profile.php. The manipulation of the argument id 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:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Ekinboard 1.0.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) id parameter in profile.php and (2) titles of posts.

The weakness was published 11/14/2005 by trueend5 (Website). The advisory is available at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-3638 since 11/16/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:profile.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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 (26516), SecurityFocus (BID 15447†), OSVDB (20844†), Secunia (SA17569†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1015207†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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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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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: trueend5
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-3638 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3638
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26930
SecurityFocus: 15447
Secunia: 17569 - Ekinboard Script Insertion and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 20844 - Ekinboard profile.php id Parameter XSS
SecurityTracker: 1015207
Vupen: ADV-2005-2419

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/24/2025 06:26
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (56), 07/13/2018 08:09 (8), 06/24/2025 06:26 (23)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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