PunBB up to 1.2.18 cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in PunBB. It has been rated as problematic. This impacts an unknown function. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2008-3336. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability has been found in PunBB (Forum Software) and classified as problematic. 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-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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PunBB before 1.2.19 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors in (1) include/parser.php and (2) moderate.php.

The weakness was presented 07/27/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-3336 since 07/27/2008. 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.

It is declared as highly functional.

Upgrading to version 1.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44009), SecurityFocus (BID 30396†) and Secunia (SA31219†). See VDB-43392, VDB-45402, VDB-45401 and VDB-45400 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Type

• Forum Software

Name

• PunBB

Version

• 1.0
• 1.0.1
• 1.1
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.2
• 1.1.3
• 1.1.4
• 1.1.5
• 1.2.1
• 1.2.2
• 1.2.3
• 1.2.4
• 1.2.5
• 1.2.6
• 1.2.7
• 1.2.8
• 1.2.9
• 1.2.10
• 1.2.11
• 1.2.12
• 1.2.13
• 1.2.14
• 1.2.15
• 1.2.16
• 1.2.17
• 1.2.18

License

• open-source

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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