| VID |
21815 |
| Severity |
30 |
| Port |
80, ... |
| Protocol |
TCP |
| Class |
CGI |
| Detailed Description |
A version of phpBB which is older than version 2.0.19 is detected as installed on the host. phpBB is a open-source bulletin board software package, which uses MySQL, MS-SQL, PostgreSQL or Access/ODBC database. phpBB versions prior to 2.0.19 are vulnerable to multiple Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input passed to the HTML tags like b, i , u, pre. These vulnerabilities could permit a remote attacker to create a malicious URI link that includes hostile HTML and script code. If this link were to be followed, the hostile code may be rendered in the web browser of the victim user. This would occur in the security context of the affected web site and may allow for theft of cookie-based authentication credentials or other attacks.
* Note: This check solely relied on the version number of phpBB installed on the remote Web server to assess this vulnerability, so this might be a false positive.
* References:
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-December/040204.html
http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=352966
http://secunia.com/advisories/18125
http://secunia.com/advisories/18252
http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/29
http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2005/2991
http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/0010
* Platforms Affected:
phpBB Group, phpBB versions prior to 2.0.19
Any operating system Any version |
| Recommendation |
Upgrade to the latest version of phpBB photo album (2.0.19 or later), available from the phpBB Group Web site at http://www.phpbb.com/downloads.php |
| Related URL |
CVE-2005-4357 (CVE) |
| Related URL |
16088 (SecurityFocus) |
| Related URL |
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