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Invision Power Board < 2.0.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (SQLi, XSS)
high Nessus Plugin ID 18203
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Synopsis
The remote web server contains a PHP application that is vulnerable to multiple attacks.Description
According to its banner, the version of Invision Power Board on the remote host suffers from multiple vulnerabilities :- SQL Injection Vulnerability The application fails to sanitize user-input supplied through the 'pass_hash' cookie in the 'sources/login.php' script, which can be exploited to affect database queries, potentially revealing sensitive information.
- Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities An attacker can pass arbitrary HTML and script code through the 'highlite' parameter of the 'sources/search.php' and 'sources/topics.php' scripts.
Solution
Upgrade to Invision Power Board 2.0.4 or later.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?20da0580
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 18203
File Name: invision_power_board_2_0_4.nasl
Version: 1.24
Type: remote
Family: CGI abuses
Published: 5/9/2005
Updated: 4/11/2022
Configuration: Enable thorough checks
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:invisionpower:invision_power_board
Required KB Items: www/invision_power_board
Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: No exploit is required
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2005
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2005-1597, CVE-2005-1598