PunBB 1.2.11 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in PunBB 1.2.11. It has been rated as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-2724. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in PunBB 1.2.11 (Forum Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in PunBB 1.2.11 allows remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary HTML or web script to other administrators via the "Admin note" feature, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-2227.

The weakness was released 05/31/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared at seclists.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-2724 since 05/31/2006. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26616) and SecurityTracker (ID 1016157†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider 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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

05/25/2006 🔍
05/31/2006 +6 days 🔍
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03/12/2015 +3207 days 🔍
07/27/2018 +1233 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: seclists.org
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-2724 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2724
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30541
X-Force: 26616 - PunBB admin note cross-site scripting
SecurityTracker: 1016157

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 12:19
Updated: 07/27/2018 09:26
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (46), 07/27/2018 09:26 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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