75 Invision PowerBoard cross site scripting CGI 2004/03/22 Marc Ruef marc dot ruef at computec dot ch http://www.computec.ch computec.ch Marc Ruef marc dot ruef at computec dot ch http://www.computec.ch computec.ch 2004/11/14 2.0 Corrected the plugin structure and added the accuracy values in 1.3. Improved the pattern matching and introduced the plugin changelog in 2.0 tcp 80 open|send GET /index.php?s=&act=chat&pop=1; HTTP/1.0\n\nsleep|close|pattern_exists HTTP/#.# ### ** 99 Check is copied from the Nessus plugin. Invision PowerBoard Other solutions Cross Site Scripting The remote host is using Invision Power Board. There is a bug in this software which makes it vulnerable to cross site scripting attacks. An attacker may use this bug to steal the credentials of the legitimate users of this site. At this time, the vendor did not supply any patch. 1 hour Yes http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9822/exploit/ Yes Yes High 7 8 7 7 Serious Nessus is able to do the same check. 9822 12101 Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Stuart McClure, Joel Scambray and George Kurtz, February 25, 2003, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, ISBN 0072227427 http://www.computec.ch