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vendor:
phpBB2
by:
SecurityFocus
4.3
CVSS
MEDIUM
Cross-Site Scripting
79
CWE
Product Name: phpBB2
Affected Version From: phpBB 2.0.0
Affected Version To: phpBB 2.0.11
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: a:phpbb:phpbb2
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
2004

phpBB Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

phpBB is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker may leverage this issue to have arbitrary script code executed in the browser of an unsuspecting user. This may facilitate the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials as well as other attacks.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to ensure that user-supplied data does not contain malicious code.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13345/info

phpBB is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to have arbitrary script code executed in the browser of an unsuspecting user. This may facilitate the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials as well as other attacks. 

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