ASP-DEV XM Forum rc3 forum.asp forum_title cross site scripting

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in ASP-DEV XM Forum rc3. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file forum.asp. Performing a manipulation of the argument forum_title results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2005-4256. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in ASP-DEV XM Forum rc3 (Forum Software). This affects an unknown code of the file forum.asp. The manipulation of the argument forum_title 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 forum.asp in ASP-DEV XM Forum RC3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the forum_title parameter. NOTE: the provenance of this issue is unknown; the details are obtained solely from the BID. In addition, its accuracy is in question because "forum_title" does not appear to be specified in the source code for XM Forum RC3. It is possible, but not certain, that this is CVE-2004-2211.

The weakness was disclosed 12/15/2005 by Dj_Eyes (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-4256 since 12/15/2005. 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. 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. By approaching the search of inurl:forum.asp 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 (26820) and SecurityFocus (BID 15858†). The entry VDB-27418 is pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Forum Software

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• ASP-DEV

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• XM Forum

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• rc3

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