vendor:
PForum
by:
SecurityFocus
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
Cross-Site Scripting
79
CWE
Product Name: PForum
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: Unix, Linux, Windows
2002
PForum Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
PForum is web forum software, written in PHP and back-ended by MySQL. It is prone to cross-site scripting attacks. It is possible for an attacker to construct a malicious link which includes arbitrary script code. In particular, the username URL parameter does not filter variations of HTML tags. A legitimate user who browses the malicious link will have the attacker-supplied script code executed in their browser, in their context of the website running the vulnerable software. This may enable an attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials from the legitimate user.
Mitigation:
Input validation should be used to ensure that user-supplied data is properly sanitized before being used in the application. Additionally, the application should be configured to use secure cookies.
