Lucene search

K
securityvulnsSecurityvulnsSECURITYVULNS:DOC:11333
HistoryFeb 08, 2006 - 12:00 a.m.

[myimei]MyBB 1.0.2 XSS attack in search.php

2006-02-0800:00:00
vulners.com
18

original advisory:
http://myimei.com/security/2006-01-14-mybb-102searchphpxss-attackandmore/index.html

—————-Summary—————-
Software: MyBB
Sowtware’s Web Site: http://mybboard.com
Versions: 1.0.2
Class: Remote
Status: patched in 1.0.3
Exploit: Available
Solution: Available
Discovered by: imei
Risk: low
—————–Description—————
mybb has a security bug that allows hacker to know that what is the table perfix value in database also
can perform a XSS attack.
bug is in result of leaving some unneeded codes in search.php file.
————–Exploit———————-
go to this url in forum
search.php?s=de1aaf9b&action=do_search&keywords=%3Cscript%3E
alert(1)%3C/script%3E&srchtype=3
————–Solution———————
No Patch available.
(bug reported to vendor today)
————–Credit———————–
Discovered by: imei addmimistrator
addmimistrator[4]gmail[O]com
www.myimei.com
security.myimei.com