Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Phorum 3.1 through 5.0.3 beta allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) HTTP_REFERER parameter to login.php, (2) HTTP_REFERER parameter to register.php, or (3) target parameter to profile.php.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 3
- Phorum 3.x - 'register.php' HTTP_REFERER Cross-Site Scripting EDB-23818 · webapps · Mar 15, 2004 · verified
- Phorum 3.x - 'login.php' HTTP_REFERER Cross-Site Scripting EDB-23819 · webapps · Mar 15, 2004 · verified
- Phorum 3.x - 'profile.php?target' Cross-Site Scripting EDB-23820 · webapps · Mar 15, 2004 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 9882 vdb-entry
- 20040315 Phorum 5.0.3 Beta && Earlier XSS Issues mailing-list
- 4334 vdb-entry
- http://phorum.org/changelog.txt
- 4335 vdb-entry
- phorum-register-xss(15494) vdb-entry
- 11157 third-party-advisory
- 1009433 vdb-entry
- 4333 vdb-entry