Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in vBulletin

vendor:

vBulletin

by:

5.5

CVSS

MEDIUM

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

CWE

Product Name: vBulletin

Affected Version From: vBulletin 4.0.2

Affected Version To:

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE:

CPE: a:vbulletin:vbulletin:4.0.2

Metasploit:

Other Scripts:

Platforms Tested:

Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in vBulletin

vBulletin is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may let the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Mitigation:

To mitigate this vulnerability, it is recommended to sanitize and validate user-supplied input before using it in web applications. The vendor has released a patch to address this issue.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38895/info

vBulletin is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

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

vBulletin 4.0.2 is vulnerable. This issue does not affect vBulletin 3.x versions.

The following example URIs are available:

http://www.example.com/path/search.php?search_type=1&contenttype=vBBlog_BlogEntry&query="><script>alert('xss');</script>

http://www.example.com/path/search.php?search_type=1&contenttype=vBBlog_BlogEntry&query="><script>alert(document.cookie);</script>