4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
5.7 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.011 Low
EPSS
Percentile
84.8%
vBulletin is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting (XSS) issue,
due to a failure of the application to properly sanitize user-supplied URI input.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2004 David Maciejak
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:vbulletin:vbulletin";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.14833");
script_version("2024-02-26T14:36:40+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-26 14:36:40 +0000 (Mon, 26 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2005-11-03 14:08:04 +0100 (Thu, 03 Nov 2005)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_cve_id("CVE-2004-1824");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6226");
script_xref(name:"OSVDB", value:"3280");
script_name("vBulletin <= 2.2.9 XSS Vulnerability - Active Check");
script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak");
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("cross_site_scripting.nasl", "vbulletin_detect.nasl");
script_require_ports("Services/www", 80);
script_mandatory_keys("vbulletin/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"vBulletin is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting (XSS) issue,
due to a failure of the application to properly sanitize user-supplied URI input.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Sends a crafted HTTP GET request and checks the response.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"As a result of this vulnerability, it is possible for a remote
attacker to create a malicious link containing script code that will be executed in the browser
of an unsuspecting user when followed.
This may facilitate the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials as well as other
attacks.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"vBulletin versions 2.2.9 and prior.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to latest version.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_vul");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("http_func.inc");
include("http_keepalive.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if(!port = get_app_port(cpe:CPE))
exit(0);
if(!dir = get_app_location(cpe:CPE, port:port))
exit(0);
if(dir == "/")
dir = "";
host = http_host_name(dont_add_port:TRUE);
if(http_get_has_generic_xss(port:port, host:host))
exit(0);
url = dir + "/memberlist.php?s=23c37cf1af5d2ad05f49361b0407ad9e&what=<script>vt-test</script>";
req = http_get(item:url, port:port);
res = http_keepalive_send_recv(port:port, data:req);
if(!res)
exit(0);
if(res =~ "^HTTP/1\.[01] 200" && egrep(pattern:"<script>vt-test</script>", string:res)) {
report = http_report_vuln_url(port:port, url:url);
security_message(port:port, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);