vBulletin 4.0.2 Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities
🗓️ 22 Feb 2010 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AGType
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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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