Cross-site scripting in SIR gnuboard5

1) Cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU35137

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 5.3 [AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18678

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when processing the "board group extra contents" parameter, aka the adm/boardgroup_form_update.php gr_1~10 parameter. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Mitigation

Update to version 5.3.2.0.

Vulnerable software versions

gnuboard5: 5.3.0.1 - 5.3.1.9

External links

http://github.com/gnuboard/gnuboard5/commit/a45241f4bc46aee1ab2cc0749f6444b043681edf#diff-d87f2c71fb4fe131465ba1ff0a5d573d
http://github.com/gnuboard/gnuboard5/compare/15b2e73...2549172
http://github.com/gnuboard/gnuboard5/releases/tag/5.3.2.0

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.