Invision Power Board JavaScript Injection Vulnerability

vendor:

Invision Power Board

by:

SecurityFocus

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

JavaScript Injection

CWE

Product Name: Invision Power Board

Affected Version From: 1.3.2001

Affected Version To: 2.0.3

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:invision_power_services:invision_power_board

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

2005

Invision Power Board JavaScript Injection Vulnerability

Invision Power Board is reported prone to a JavaScript injection vulnerability. It is reported that the SML Code 'COLOR' tag is not sufficiently sanitized of malicious script content. Since this could permit an attacker to inject hostile JavaScript into the forum system, it is possible to steal cookie credentials or misrepresent site content.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to ensure that user-supplied data is properly sanitized before being used in the application.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12607/info

Invision Power Board is reported prone to a JavaScript injection vulnerability. It is reported that the SML Code 'COLOR' tag is not sufficiently sanitized of malicious script content.

Since this could permit an attacker to inject hostile JavaScript into the forum system, it is possible to steal cookie credentials or misrepresent site content.

This vulnerability is reported to affect Invision Power Board version 1.3.1; previous versions might also be affected.

Invision Power Board 2.0.3 is also reported vulnerable to this issue. 

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