| 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 |