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Family: CGI abuses --> Category: infos
Invision Power Board < 2.0.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities Vulnerability Scan
Vulnerability Scan Summary
Checks for multiple vulnerabilities in Invision Power Board < 2.0.4
Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Test
Synopsis :
The remote web server contains a PHP application that is vulnerable to
multiple attacks.
Description :
According to its banner, the version of Invision Power Board on the
remote host suffers from multiple vulnerabilities :
- SQL Injection Vulnerability
The application fails to sanitize user-input supplied
through the 'pass_hash' cookie in the 'sources/login.php'
script, which can be exploited to affect database
queries, potentially revealing sensitive information.
- Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
A possible hacker can pass arbitrary HTML and script code
through the 'highlite' parameter of the
'sources/search.php' and 'sources/topics.php' scripts.
See also :
http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00073-05052005
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-05/0071.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-07/0257.html
Solution :
Upgrade to Invision Power Board 2.0.4 or later.
Threat Level:
Medium / CVSS Base Score : 5
(AV:R/AC:L/Au:NR/C:P/A:N/I:P/B:N)
Click HERE for more information and discussions on this network vulnerability scan.
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