Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in webSPELL 4.2.0c allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via Javascript events such as onmouseover in nested BBcode tags, as demonstrated using (1) email, (2) img, and (3) url tags.
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
- webSPELL 4.2.0c - Bypass BBCode Cross-Site Scripting Cookie Stealing EDB-8453 · webapps · Apr 16, 2009 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 53782 vdb-entry
- 8453 exploit
- 34764 third-party-advisory
- http://www.webspell.org/index.php?site=news_comments&newsID=126&lang=uk
- 34595 vdb-entry
- 20090416 webSPELL 4.2.0c XSS (BYPASS BBCODE) COOKIES STEALING VULNERABILITY mailing-list
- http://www.webspell.org/index.php?site=files&file=25
- webspell-bbcode-xss(49937) vdb-entry