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vBulletin < 3.0.2 XSS Vulnerability

🗓️ 03 Nov 2005 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2004 David MaciejakType 
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The remote version of vBulletin is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting issue due to a failure in URI input sanitization. Upgrade to vBulletin 3.0.2 or newe

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# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.14792");
  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:"2005-11-03 14:08:04 +0100 (Thu, 03 Nov 2005)");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10602");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10612");
  script_xref(name:"OSVDB", value:"7256");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0620");
  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_name("vBulletin < 3.0.2 XSS Vulnerability");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("vbulletin_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("vbulletin/detected");

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

  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:"solution", value:"Update to vBulletin version 3.0.2 or later.");

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

  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:"3.0.0", test_version2:"3.0.1")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"3.0.2", install_path:path);
  security_message(data:report, port:port);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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