| VID |
21816 |
| Severity |
30 |
| Port |
80, ... |
| Protocol |
TCP |
| Class |
CGI |
| Detailed Description |
A version of phpBB which is older or as old as 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 2.0.19 and earlier 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 are simillar previous vulnerability but not the same. The " character is replaced to ' character. In 2.0.19 version phpBB they only filter " character but not ' character. 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://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/30
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/313
http://www.frsirt.com/bulletins/3405
* Platforms Affected:
phpBB Group, phpBB versions 2.0.19 and earlier
Any operating system Any version |
| Recommendation |
No upgrade or patch available as of January 2006.
Upgrade to the latest version of phpBB, when new version fixed this problem becomes available from the phpBB Web site at http://www.phpbb.com/downloads.php |
| Related URL |
CVE-2006-0063 (CVE) |
| Related URL |
(SecurityFocus) |
| Related URL |
(ISS) |
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