Pineapple Technologies QuizShock 1.6.1 auth.php forward_to cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Pineapple Technologies QuizShock 1.6.1. This impacts an unknown function of the file auth.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument forward_to results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-1905. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Pineapple Technologies QuizShock 1.6.1. This affects some unknown functionality of the file auth.php. The manipulation of the argument forward_to with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in auth.php in Pineapple Technologies QuizShock 1.6.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via encoded special characters in the forward_to parameter, as demonstrated using "<"<".

The weakness was published 04/10/2007 by John Martinelli (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-1905 since 04/10/2007. 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. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. By approaching the search of inurl:auth.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 (33523), Exploit-DB (29824), SecurityFocus (BID 23368†) and Secunia (SA24831†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: John Martinelli
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-1905 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-1905
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-36045
X-Force: 33523 - QuizShock auth.php cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 23368 - QuizShock Auth.PHP HTML Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 24831 - QuizShock Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
Vupen: ADV-2007-1319

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 14:56
Updated: 11/29/2025 08:43
Changes: 03/13/2015 14:56 (46), 03/08/2016 22:44 (10), 07/14/2021 09:11 (8), 11/29/2025 08:43 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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