PunBB profile.php XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 15940

Synopsis

The remote web server contains a PHP script that is prone to multiple cross-site scripting attacks.

Description

According to its banner, the version of PunBB installed on the remote host fails to properly sanitize user input to the script 'profile.php'. With a specially crafted URL, an attacker can inject arbitrary HTML and script code into a user's browser, resulting in a loss of integrity, theft of authentication cookies, and the like.

Solution

Update to PunBB version 1.1.4 or later.

See Also

http://www.punbb.org/changelogs/1.1.3_to_1.1.4.txt

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 15940

File Name: punBB_profile_xss.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: remote

Published: 12/13/2004

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: www/punBB

Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2004

Reference Information

BID: 11847

CWE: 20, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 74, 750, 751, 79, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990