Phppost 1.0 profile.php User cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Phppost 1.0. This impacts an unknown function of the file profile.php. The manipulation of the argument User leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-3770. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Phppost 1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file profile.php. The manipulation of the argument user with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PHP-Post (PHPp) 1.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the subject in a post, or the user parameter to (2) profile.php and (3) mail.php.

The weakness was disclosed 11/22/2005 by trueend5 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-3770 since 11/22/2005. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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 (26547), SecurityFocus (BID 15532†), OSVDB (21057†) and Secunia (SA17706†). The entry VDB-83196 is pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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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-2005-3770 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-3770
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-27047
SecurityFocus: 15532 - PHPPost Subject HTML Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 17706 - PHP-Post Cross-Site Scripting and Script Insertion Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 21057 - PHP-Post Post Subject Field XSS
Vupen: ADV-2005-2533

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

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 10/21/2025 04:04
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (58), 07/13/2018 08:25 (2), 10/21/2025 04:04 (24)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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