Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-2836 - Unspecified vulnerability in Phorum

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN
phorum
nessus
NVD
Published: 2005-09-07
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Phorum 5.0.17a and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the username parameter to register.php or (2) a signature of a logged-in user in "My Control Center," which is not properly handled by control.php.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Phorum
42

Nessus

NASL familyCGI abuses : XSS
NASL idPHORUM_REGISTER_XSS.NASL
descriptionThe remote version of Phorum contains a script called
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id19584
published2005-09-06
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2005-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/19584
titlePhorum register.php Username Field XSS
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
 script_id(19584);
 script_version("1.18");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/12");

 script_cve_id("CVE-2005-2836");
 script_bugtraq_id(14726);

 script_name(english:"Phorum register.php Username Field XSS");
 script_summary(english:"Checks for cross-site scripting vulnerability in Phorum's register.php");

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A remote CGI is vulnerable to cross-site scripting." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote version of Phorum contains a script called 'register.php'
which is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack.  An attacker may
exploit this problem to steal the authentication credentials of third
party users." );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2005/Sep/22" );
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Phorum 5.0.18 or later." );
 script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
 script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No exploit is required");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
 script_cwe_id(20, 74, 79, 442, 629, 711, 712, 722, 725, 750, 751, 800, 801, 809, 811, 864, 900, 928, 931, 990);

 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2005/09/06");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value: "2005/09/01");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
 script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:phorum:phorum");
 script_end_attributes();


 script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
 script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
 script_family(english:"CGI abuses : XSS");
 script_dependencie("phorum_detect.nasl");
 script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
 script_require_keys("www/PHP");
 exit(0);
}

include("http_func.inc");

port = get_http_port(default:80, embedded:TRUE);
if (!get_port_state(port)) exit(0);
if (!can_host_php(port:port)) exit(0);


install = get_kb_item(string("www/", port, "/phorum"));
if (isnull(install)) exit(0);
matches = eregmatch(string:install, pattern:"^(.+) under (/.*)$");
if (!isnull(matches)) {
  ver = matches[1];

  if (ver =~ "^([0-4]\..*|5\.0\.([0-9][^0-9]*|1[0-7][^0-9]*))$")
  {
    security_warning(port);
    set_kb_item(name: 'www/'+port+'/XSS', value: TRUE);
  }
}

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