PunBB up to 1.3.5 register cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in PunBB. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation of the argument register results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2011-3371. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in PunBB (Forum Software). This affects an unknown code. The manipulation of the argument register 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:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in include/functions.php in PunBB before 1.3.6 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) id, (2) form_sent, (3) csrf_token, (4) req_confirm, or (5) delete parameter to delete.php, the (6) id, (7) form_sent, (8) csrf_token, (9) req_message, or (10) submit parameter to edit.php, the (11) action, (12) form_sent, (13) csrf_token, (14) req_email, or (15) request_pass parameter to login.php, the (16) email, (17) form_sent, (18) redirect_url, (19) csrf_token, (20) req_subject, (21) req_message, or (22) submit parameter to misc.php, the (23) action, (24) id, (25) form_sent, (26) csrf_token, (27) req_old_password, (28) req_new_password1, (29) req_new_password2, or (30) update parameter to profile.php, or the (31) action, (32) form_sent, (33) csrf_token, (34) req_username, (35) req_password1, (36) req_password2, (37) req_email1, (38) timezone, or (39) register parameter to register.php.

The weakness was disclosed 10/02/2011 (Website). The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2011-3371 since 08/30/2011. 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 are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 1.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityTracker (ID 1026073†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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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
• 1.2.22
• 1.2.23
• 1.3.1
• 1.3.2
• 1.3.3
• 1.3.4
• 1.3.5

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/punbb/punbb/

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