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vBulletin 4.0.2 Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities

🗓️ 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AGType 
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vBulletin 4.0.2 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilitie

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.100501");
  script_version("2025-05-29T05:40:25+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-05-29 05:40:25 +0000 (Thu, 29 May 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-02-22 14:49:01 +0100 (Mon, 22 Feb 2010)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"2.6");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_name("vBulletin 4.0.2 Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://web.archive.org/web/20200229193756/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38339");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/56459");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AG");
  script_dependencies("vbulletin_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("vbulletin/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"vBulletin is prone to multiple cross-site scripting (XSS)
  vulnerabilities because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An attacker may leverage these issues to execute arbitrary script
  code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow
  the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"These issues affect vBulletin 4.0.2, other versions may also be
  affected.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year
  since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution
  options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or
  replace the product by another one.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");

if(!port = get_app_port(cpe:CPE))
  exit(0);

if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, port:port, exit_no_version:TRUE))
  exit(0);

vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];

if(version_in_range(version:vers, test_version:"4.0.0", test_version2:"4.0.2")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"None", install_path:path);
  security_message(data:report, port:port);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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