ExBB Nested BBcode XSS

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2546

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a Script Injection attack.

Description

The remote host is running ExBB, a bulletin board system written in PHP.
The remote version of this software is vulnerable to a script injection vulnerability.
An attacker may post a forum comment in the remote application containing rogue JavaScript tags that will be executed in the browsers of legitimate visitors of the remote web site.

Solution

No solution is known at this time.

See Also

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-01/0526.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 2546

Family: CGI

Published: 1/19/2005

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 16223

Reference Information

BID: 12306