Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Jelsoft vBulletin 3.5.4 and 3.6.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by uploading an attachment with a .pdf extension that contains JavaScript, which is processed as script by Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.
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 1
- vBulletin 3.0.14 - 'global.php' Encoded Cross-Site Scripting EDB-28342 · webapps · Aug 5, 2006 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 27778 vdb-entry
- 20060807 Re: vbulletin 3.5.4 IE exploit xss mailing-list
- 20060803 vbulletin 3.5.4 IE exploit xss mailing-list
- 20060803 XSS in Vbulletin 3.6.0 in IE 0nly mailing-list
- 19334 vdb-entry
- vbulletin-javascript-pdf-xss(28239) vdb-entry