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phpBB < 2.0.10 Multiple XSS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 13840

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Synopsis

A remote web application is vulnerable to cross-site scripting.

Description

The remote host is running a version of phpBB older than 2.0.10.

phpBB contains a flaw that allows a remote cross-site scripting attack. This flaw exists because the application does not validate user-supplied input in the 'search_author' parameter.

This version is also vulnerable to an HTTP response splitting attack that permits the injection of CRLF characters in the HTTP headers.

Solution

Upgrade to 2.0.10 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 13840

File Name: phpbb_search_author_xss.nasl

Version: 1.34

Type: remote

Published: 7/26/2004

Updated: 5/14/2025

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Enable CGI Scanning: true

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

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

CPE: cpe:/a:phpbb_group:phpbb

Required KB Items: www/phpBB

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/13/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0730, CVE-2004-2054, CVE-2004-2055

BID: 10738, 10753, 10754, 10883

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