Invision Power Board Input Validation Hole in 'login.php' Permits SQL Injection and in 'topics.php' Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1013907
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id?1013907
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CVE Reference: GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: May 8 2005
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Original Entry Date: May 6 2005
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Impact: Disclosure of authentication information, Disclosure of system information, Disclosure of user information, Execution of arbitrary code via network, Modification of user information
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Fix Available: Yes
Exploit Included: Yes
Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Advisory: GulfTech Security Research Team
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Version(s): 2.0.3 and prior versions
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Description: Some input validation vulnerabilities were reported in Invision Power Board in 'login.php' and 'topics.php'. A remote user can inject SQL commands. A remote user can also conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
The 'sources/login.php' script does not properly validate user-supplied input in certain login methods. A remote user can supply
a specially crafted URL to execute SQL commands on the underlying database. Magic_quotes_gpc does not need to be 'off' for this
vulnerability to be exploited.
The 'sources/topics.php' script does not properly validate user-supplied input in the 'highlite'
parameter when displaying search parameters. A remote user can create a specially crafted URL that, when loaded by a target user,
will cause arbitrary scripting code to be executed by the target user's browser. The code will originate from the site running
the Invision Power Board software and will run in the security context of that site. As a result, the code will be able to access
the target user's cookies (including authentication cookies), if any, associated with the site, access data recently submitted by
the target user via web form to the site, or take actions on the site acting as the target user.
James Bercegay of the GulfTech
Security Research Team reported this vulnerability.
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Impact: A remote user can execute SQL commands on the underlying database.
A remote user can access the target user's cookies (including
authentication cookies), if any, associated with the site running the Invision Power Board software, access data recently submitted
by the target user via web form to the site, or take actions on the site acting as the target user.
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Solution: The vendor has described a fix at:
http://forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?showtopic=168016
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Vendor URL: forums.invisionpower.com/index.php?showtopic=168016 (Links to External Site)
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Cause: Input validation error
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Underlying OS: Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 01:07:35 -0400
Subject: http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00073-05052005
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http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00073-05052005
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