Invision Power Board Input validation Flaw in 'admin.php' Permits Remote Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1007449 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1007449
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CVE Reference:
GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Aug 9 2003
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Impact:
Disclosure of authentication information, Disclosure of user information, Execution of arbitrary code via network, Modification of user information
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Exploit Included: Yes
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Description:
An input validation vulnerability was reported in Invision Power Board. A remote user can conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
It is reported that the 'admin.php' script does not filter HTML code from user-supplied input when dispaying the input. A remote user can create a specially crafted URL that, when loaded by a target administrator, will cause arbitrary scripting code to be executed by the target administrator's browser. The code will originate from the site running the Invision Power Board software and will run in the security context of that site. As a result, the code will be able to access the target administrator's cookies (including authentication cookies), if any, associated with the site, access data recently submitted by the target administrator via web form to the site, or take actions on the site acting as the target administrator.
A demonstration exploit URL is provided:
http://forums.invisionpower.com/admin.php?adsess='><script>window.open
(window.location.search.substring
(78));</script><http://binaryvision.tech.nu?BoyBear$$$From$$$BinaryVision
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Impact:
A remote user can access the target user's cookies (including authentication cookies), if any, associated with the site running the Invision Power Board 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.
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Solution:
No solution was available at the time of this entry.
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Vendor URL: www.invisionboard.com/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Input validation error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: 9 Aug 2003 08:21:31 -0000
Subject: bug in Invision Power Board
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I found possibility to run Script (java Script, VBScript) on the system
Invision Power Board...
It's possible to do if it much {many} things like a withdrawal of cookie,
advertising ....
For example:
http://forums.invisionpower.com/admin.php?adsess='><script>window.open
(window.location.search.substring
(78));</script><http://binaryvision.tech.nu?BoyBear$$$From$$$BinaryVision
BoyBear From BinaryVision ( http://binaryvision.tech.nu )
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