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vBulletin Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA30733
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Release Date:
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2008-06-16
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Last Update:
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2008-06-20
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Popularity:
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2,481 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Cross Site Scripting
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | vBulletin 3.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-2744
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in vBulletin, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Input passed to the "redirect" parameter to admincp/index.php in the admin control panel (ACP) is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.
NOTE: Reportedly, this can be exploited to inject and execute arbitrary PHP code on an affected system, but requires that the administrator is logged in or logs in e.g. when following a specially crafted link.
The vulnerability is reported in version 3.7.1 and 3.6.10. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Update to version 3.7.1 PL1 or 3.6.10 PL1.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor. Additional information provided by Jessica Hope.
Changelog:
2008-06-18: Updated "Description" with additional information provided by Jessica Hope.
2008-06-20: Updated "Description" section.
2008-06-20: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=274882
Jessica Hope:
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2008/Jun/0181.html
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