VDB-81965 · XFDB 15494 · BID 9882

Phorum profile.php Target cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Phorum. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file profile.php. The manipulation of the argument Target leads to cross site scripting. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Phorum (Forum Software) (affected version not known). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the file profile.php. The manipulation of the argument target with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity.

The weakness was published 03/15/2004 by James Bercegay (JeiAr) with Gulftech (Website). The advisory is shared at gulftech.org. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details as well as a exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:profile.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 (15494), SecurityFocus (BID 9882†), OSVDB (4335†) and Secunia (SA11157†). Similar entries are available at VDB-21663 and VDB-81964. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.3

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
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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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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Timelineinfo

03/14/2004 🔍
03/15/2004 +0 days 🔍
03/15/2004 +0 days 🔍
03/18/2004 +3 days 🔍
04/11/2016 +4406 days 🔍
10/02/2018 +904 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: gulftech.org
Researcher: James Bercegay (JeiAr)
Organization: Gulftech
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-81965
X-Force: 15494
SecurityFocus: 9882 - Phorum Multiple Module Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 11157
OSVDB: 4335 - Phorum profile.php target Parameter XSS

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

Created: 04/11/2016 16:42
Updated: 10/02/2018 08:49
Changes: 04/11/2016 16:42 (43), 10/02/2018 08:49 (8)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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