PunBB up to 1.3.3 profile.php cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in PunBB. This affects an unknown part of the file profile.php. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-4894. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in PunBB (Forum Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file profile.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in profile.php in PunBB before 1.3.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) password or (2) e-mail.

The weakness was shared 06/15/2010 (Website). The advisory is available at punbb.informer.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-4894 since 06/14/2010. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

By approaching the search of inurl:profile.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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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
• 1.2.19
• 1.2.20
• 1.2.21
• 1.3.1
• 1.3.2
• 1.3.3

License

• open-source

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