VDB-83041 · BID 15344 · SA17443

Invision Power Board admin.php cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Invision Power Board. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the file admin.php. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Invision Power Board (Forum Software) (version unknown). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the file admin.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity.

The weakness was released 11/04/2005 by Benji Lemien (Benjilenoob) (Website). The advisory is shared at benji.redkod.org. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. 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.

By approaching the search of inurl:admin.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 SecurityFocus (BID 15344†), OSVDB (20519†) and Secunia (SA17443†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-26882, VDB-26881, VDB-26880 and VDB-83039. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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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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11/04/2005 🔍
11/07/2005 +2 days 🔍
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04/29/2016 +3825 days 🔍
11/04/2018 +919 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: benji.redkod.org
Researcher: Benji Lemien (Benjilenoob)
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-83041
SecurityFocus: 15344 - Invision Power Board Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 17443 - Invision Power Board "adsess" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 20519 - Invision Power Board admin.php Component Fields XSS

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/29/2016 17:25
Updated: 11/04/2018 08:37
Changes: 04/29/2016 17:25 (42), 11/04/2018 08:37 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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