YaBB 1.x/9.1.2000 - 'YaBB.pl IMSend' Cross-Site Scripting

Author: GulfTech Security
type: webapps
platform: cgi
port: 0
date_added: 2004-09-17
date_updated: 2018-01-05
verified: 1
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11215/info

A cross-site scripting vulnerability is reported in the YaBB forum 'YaBB.pl' script.

As a result, it is possible for a remote attacker to create a malicious link to the affected page of a site hosting the web forum. The malicious link may contain arbitrary HTML and JavaScript code in URI parameters. When this link is visited by an unsuspecting web user, the attacker-supplied code will be executed in their browser in the security context of the vulnerable website.

http://www.example.com/YaBB.pl?board=;action=imsend;to=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document
.cookie)%3C/script%3E