Secunia Security Advisory - Some vulnerabilities have been reported in MyBB, which can be exploited by malicious users to conduct script insertion attacks.
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TITLE:
MyBB Script Insertion Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA35574
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/35574/
DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in MyBB, which can be
exploited by malicious users to conduct script insertion attacks.
1) Certain input in the archive feature is not properly sanitised
before being used. This can be exploited to insert arbitrary HTML and
script code, which will be executed in a user's browser session in
context of an affected site.
Successful exploitation requires moderator permissions.
2) Unspecified input in the attachment feature is not properly
sanitised before being used. This can be exploited to insert
arbitrary HTML and script code, which will be executed in a user's
browser session in context of an affected site.
The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 1.4.8.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.4.8.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits frostschutz.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://blog.mybboard.net/2009/06/26/mybb-148-released-maintenance-security-release/
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