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PBLang BBS <= 4.65 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 17209
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Synopsis
The remote web server contains a PHP application that suffers from multiple flaws.Description
According to its banner, the remote host is running a version of PBLang BBS, a bulletin board system written in PHP, that suffers from the following vulnerabilities:- HTML Injection Vulnerability in pmpshow.php.
An attacker can inject arbitrary HTML and script into the body of PMs sent to users allowing for theft of authentication cookies or misrepresentation of the site.
- Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in search.php.
If an attacker can trick a user into following a specially crafted link to search.php from an affected version of PBLang, he can inject arbitrary script into the user's browser to, say, steal authentication cookies.
- Remote PHP Script Injection Vulnerability in ucp.php.
PBLang allows a user to enter a PHP script into his/her profile values, to be executed with the permissions of the web server user whenever the user logs in.
- Directory Traversal Vulnerability in sendpm.php.
A logged-in user can read arbitrary files, subject to permissions of the web server user, by passing full pathnames through the 'orig' parameter when calling sendpm.php.
- Arbitrary Personal Message Deletion Vulnerability in delpm.php.
A logged-in user can delete anyone's personal messages by passing a PM id through the 'id' parameter and a username through the 'a' parameter when calling delpm.php.
Solution
Upgrade to PBLang 4.66z or later.See Also
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2005/Feb/475
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2005/Feb/476
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2005/Mar/29
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 17209
File Name: pblang_xss.nasl
Version: 1.25
Type: remote
Family: CGI abuses
Published: 2/24/2005
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.5
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
Required KB Items: www/PHP
Excluded KB Items: Settings/disable_cgi_scanning
Exploit Ease: No exploit is required
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2005