Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the private message box implementation (privmsg.php) in phpBB 2.0.x allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the "Message body" field in a message to a non-existent user.
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
- phpBB 2.0.21 - 'privmsg.php' HTML Injection EDB-29442 · webapps · Jan 11, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- phpbb-privmsgphp-xss(30776) vdb-entry
- 20070111 phpBB (privmsg.php) XSS Exploit mailing-list
- http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=489624
- 20070111 Re: phpBB (privmsg.php) XSS Exploit mailing-list
- 22001 vdb-entry
- 21806 vdb-entry
- 20070112 Re: phpBB (privmsg.php) XSS Exploit mailing-list
- 20061207 phpbb 2.0.x [xss] mailing-list
- 23283 third-party-advisory
- 2005 third-party-advisory