UloKI PHP Forum Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

vendor:

UloKI PHP Forum

by:

SecurityFocus

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

Cross-Site Scripting

CWE

Product Name: UloKI PHP Forum

Affected Version From: 2.1

Affected Version To: 2.1

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:uloki:uloki_php_forum

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

2010

UloKI PHP Forum Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

UloKI PHP Forum 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 allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

Mitigation:

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

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44273/info

UloKI PHP Forum 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 allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.
http://www.example.com/forum/search.php?term=&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt;alert(document.cookie);&lt;/script&gt;
UloKI PHP Forum 2.1 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected. 

http://www.example.com/forum/search.php?term=&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt;alert(document.cookie);&lt;/script&gt;