Plugin ID | 329 |
Plugin name | YaBB Gold 1 prior SP 1.3.2 multiple input validation |
Plugin filename | YaBB Gold 1 prior SP 1.3.2 multiple input validation.plugin |
Plugin filesize | 2843 bytes |
Plugin family | CGI |
Plugin created name | Marc Ruef |
Plugin created email | marc.ruef at computec.ch |
Plugin created web | http://www.computec.ch |
Plugin created company | computec.ch |
Plugin created date | 2005/01/09 |
Plugin updated name | Marc Ruef |
Plugin updated email | marc.ruef at computec.ch |
Plugin updated web | http://www.computec.ch |
Plugin updated company | computec.ch |
Plugin updated date | 2005/01/09 |
Plugin version | 1.1 |
Plugin changelog | Renamed the plugin file name, name and title in 1.1 |
Plugin protocol | tcp |
Plugin port | 80 |
Plugin procedure detection | open|send GET /YaBB.pl HTTP/1.0\n\n|sleep|close|pattern_exists HTTP/#.# 200 *Powered by.*YaBB 1 Gold - * |
Plugin detection accuracy | 75 |
Plugin comment | The NASL script is Copyright (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security |
Bug affected | YaBB Gold 1 |
Bug vulnerability class | Unknown |
Bug false positives | The pattern matching is not so accurate. |
Bug description | The remote host is using the YaBB 1 Gold web forum software. According to its version number, the remote version of this software is vulnerable to various input validation issues which may allow an attacker to perform a cross site scripting attack or an HTTP splitting attack against the remote host. |
Bug solution | Upgrade to YaBB 1 Gold SP 1.3.2 or newer. |
Bug fixing time | Approx. 30 minutes |
Bug exploit availability | Maybe |
Bug exploit url | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11235/exploit/ |
Bug remote | Yes |
Bug local | Yes |
Bug severity | Medium |
Bug popularity | 6 |
Bug simplicity | 6 |
Bug impact | 8 |
Bug risk | 7 |
Bug Nessus risk | Medium |
Bug check tools | Nessus can check this flaw with the plugin 14806 (YaBB Gold 1 Multiple Input Validation Issues). |
Source SecurityFocus BID | 11235 |
Source Nessus ID | 14806 |
Source Literature | Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray and George Kurtz, February 25, 2003, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, ISBN 0072227427 |
Source Misc. | http://www.computec.ch |