Woltlab Burning Board 2.3.4 misc.php percent Reflected cross site scripting ⚔ [Disputed]

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A vulnerability was found in Woltlab Burning Board 2.3.4. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file misc.php. The manipulation of the argument percent leads to cross site scripting (Reflected). This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2006-1215. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is still unclear if this vulnerability genuinely exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Woltlab Burning Board 2.3.4 (Content Management System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the file misc.php. The manipulation of the argument percent with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Reflected). 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. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in misc.php in Woltlab Burning Board (wBB) 2.3.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the percent parameter. NOTE: this issue has been disputed in a followup post, although the original disclosure might be related to reflected XSS.

The weakness was presented 03/13/2006 with Shell (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-1215 since 03/14/2006. 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 of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. By approaching the search of inurl:misc.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 X-Force (25156) and SecurityFocus (BID 16959†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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• Content Management System

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• Woltlab

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• Burning Board

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• 2.3.4

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.woltlab.com/

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