PT-2018-17597 · Minibb · Minibb

Published 2018-02-12 · Updated 2018-03-06 · CVE-2018-6506

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions miniBB version 3.2.2

Description A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue exists in the Add Forum feature of the Administrative Panel. This is due to the improper handling of the onload attribute of an SVG element in the supertitle field, allowing for crafted input to execute scripts.

Recommendations For miniBB version 3.2.2, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Add Forum feature in the Administrative Panel until a patch is available. Avoid using the supertitle field with crafted SVG elements until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-6506

Affected Products

Minibb

References · 3

• 🔥 https://offensivehacking.wordpress.com/2018/02/07/minibb-forums-v3-2-2-stored-xss · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-6506 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6506 · Security Note