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YaBBSE
by:
SecurityFocus
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
Cross-Site Scripting
79
CWE
Product Name: YaBBSE
Affected Version From: N/A
Affected Version To: N/A
Patch Exists: NO
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: N/A
Metasploit: N/A
Other Scripts: N/A
Tags: N/A
CVSS Metrics: N/A
Nuclei References: N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: N/A
2006

YaBBSE Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

YaBBSE is vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting due to the application failing to properly sanitize user-supplied input before including it in dynamically generated web content. An attacker may leverage this issue to have arbitrary script code execute in the browser of an unsuspecting user. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to ensure that untrusted data is not included in dynamically generated web content.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19460/info

A cross-site scripting vulnerability affects YaBBSE because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input before including it in dynamically generated web content. 

An attacker may leverage this issue to have arbitrary script code execute in the browser of an unsuspecting user. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

http://www.example.com/index.php?action=faqmy&myfaq=yes&id_cat=1&categories=<script>alert("xss")</script>

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