Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities in Beehive Forum

vendor:

Beehive Forum

by:

5.5

CVSS

MEDIUM

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

CWE

Product Name: Beehive Forum

Affected Version From: 0.71

Affected Version To: Unknown

Patch Exists: NO

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Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities in Beehive Forum

The Beehive Forum application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input, leading to multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. An attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user, potentially stealing authentication credentials and launching further attacks.

Mitigation:

To mitigate these vulnerabilities, it is recommended to sanitize and validate user input before displaying it on web pages. Additionally, implementing a web application firewall (WAF) can help detect and block XSS attacks.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24413/info

Beehive Forum is prone to multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage any of these issues to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Beehive Forum 0.71 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected. 

http://www.example.com/forum/links.php?webtag=FORUM_NAME&fid=1&viewmode=>".><script>alert(1);</script> http://www.example.com/forum/links.php?webtag=FOEUM_NAME&fid=>".><script>alert(1);</script>&viewmode=1 http://www.example.com/forum/links.php?webtag=FORUM_NAME&fid=1&viewmode=0&page=1&sort_by=CREATED&sort_dir="><script>alert(1)</script>