what you don't know can hurt you
Home Files News &[SERVICES_TAB]About Contact Add New

bbPress 1.0.2 Cross Site Scripting

bbPress 1.0.2 Cross Site Scripting
Posted Mar 14, 2011
Authored by Aung Khant | Site yehg.net

bbPress versions 1.0.2 and below suffer from a cross site scripting vulnerability.

tags | exploit, xss
SHA-256 | bddd82ed4dd98d056ab58d728e81070609a261d5334e23ddba84587177f0d19d

bbPress 1.0.2 Cross Site Scripting

Change Mirror Download
=========================================
bbPress 1.0.2 <= Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
=========================================



1. OVERVIEW

bbPress 1.0.2 and lower versions were vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting.


2. APPLICATION DESCRIPTION

bbPress is plain and simple forum software, plain and simple with a
twist from the creators of WordPress.
It is focused on web standards, ease of use, ease of integration, and speed.


3. VULNERABILITY DESCRIPTION

The Query String was not properly sanitized upon submission to the
/index.php url, which allows attacker to conduct Cross Site Scripting
attack.
This may allow an attacker to create a specially crafted URL that
would execute arbitrary script code in a victim's browser.
If a user has already logged in to the application, an XSS attack will
execute promptly.
If not, it will execute after the user's successful logging in.


4. VERSIONS AFFECTED

bbPress 1.0.2 and lower


5. PROOF-OF-CONCEPT/EXPLOIT

http://localhost/bb-login.php?re=data%3Atext%2Fhtml%3Bbase64%2CPHNjcmlwdD5hbGVydCgiWFNTXG4iK2RvY3VtZW50LmNvb2tpZSk8L3NjcmlwdD4%3D


6. SOLUTION

Upgrade to 1.0.3 or higher


7. VENDOR

bbPress Development Team
http://bbpress.org/


8. CREDIT

This vulnerability was discovered by Aung Khant, http://yehg.net, YGN
Ethical Hacker Group, Myanmar.


9. DISCLOSURE TIME-LINE

2010-12-23: notified vendor
2011-02-24: vendor released fixed version
2011-03-13: vulnerability disclosed


10. REFERENCES

Original Advisory URL:
http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/[bbpress-1.0.2]_cross_site_scripting
About bbPress: http://bbpress.org/about/


#yehg [2011-03-13]
Login or Register to add favorites

File Archive:

March 2024

  • Su
  • Mo
  • Tu
  • We
  • Th
  • Fr
  • Sa
  • 1
    Mar 1st
    16 Files
  • 2
    Mar 2nd
    0 Files
  • 3
    Mar 3rd
    0 Files
  • 4
    Mar 4th
    32 Files
  • 5
    Mar 5th
    28 Files
  • 6
    Mar 6th
    42 Files
  • 7
    Mar 7th
    17 Files
  • 8
    Mar 8th
    13 Files
  • 9
    Mar 9th
    0 Files
  • 10
    Mar 10th
    0 Files
  • 11
    Mar 11th
    15 Files
  • 12
    Mar 12th
    19 Files
  • 13
    Mar 13th
    21 Files
  • 14
    Mar 14th
    38 Files
  • 15
    Mar 15th
    15 Files
  • 16
    Mar 16th
    0 Files
  • 17
    Mar 17th
    0 Files
  • 18
    Mar 18th
    10 Files
  • 19
    Mar 19th
    32 Files
  • 20
    Mar 20th
    46 Files
  • 21
    Mar 21st
    16 Files
  • 22
    Mar 22nd
    13 Files
  • 23
    Mar 23rd
    0 Files
  • 24
    Mar 24th
    0 Files
  • 25
    Mar 25th
    12 Files
  • 26
    Mar 26th
    31 Files
  • 27
    Mar 27th
    19 Files
  • 28
    Mar 28th
    0 Files
  • 29
    Mar 29th
    0 Files
  • 30
    Mar 30th
    0 Files
  • 31
    Mar 31st
    0 Files

Top Authors In Last 30 Days

File Tags

Systems

packet storm

© 2022 Packet Storm. All rights reserved.

Services
Security Services
Hosting By
Rokasec
close