Open Bulletin Board (OpenBB) v1.0.6 - Open Redirect/XSS

mediumseverity

4.3CVSS score

9%likelihood of exploitation, next 30 days

95%of all CVEs are less likely

Readycheck to confirm it

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Open Bulletin Board (OpenBB) 1.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) redirect parameter to member.php, (2) to parameter to myhome.php (3) TID parameter to post.php, or (4) redirect parameter to index.php.

Impact

Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could lead to unauthorized access, phishing attacks, and potential data theft.

Fix

Upgrade to a patched version of Open Bulletin Board (OpenBB) or apply necessary security patches to mitigate the vulnerabilities.

How to confirm it

Send: GET {{BaseURL}}/index.php?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.interact.sh
Positive when: matches in header /(?m)^(?:Location\s*?:\s*?)(?:https?:\/\/|\/\/|\/\\\\|\/\\)?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9\-_\.@]…/

Run it with nuclei: nuclei -id CVE-2004-1965 -u <target>. This check is not marked as verified by its authors.

The full check

id: CVE-2004-1965

info:
  name: Open Bulletin Board (OpenBB) v1.0.6 - Open Redirect/XSS
  author: ctflearner
  severity: medium
  description: |
    Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Open Bulletin Board (OpenBB) 1.0.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) redirect parameter to member.php, (2) to parameter to myhome.php (3) TID parameter to post.php, or (4) redirect parameter to index.php.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could lead to unauthorized access, phishing attacks, and potential data theft.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade to a patched version of Open Bulletin Board (OpenBB) or apply necessary security patches to mitigate the vulnerabilities.
  reference:
    - https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24055
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1965
    - http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108301983206107&w=2
    - https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15966
    - https://github.com/POORVAJA-195/Nuclei-Analysis-main
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
    cvss-score: 4.3
    cve-id: CVE-2004-1965
    cwe-id: NVD-CWE-Other
    epss-score: 0.09001
    epss-percentile: 0.95311
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:openbb:openbb:1.0.0_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: openbb
    product: openbb
  tags: cve,cve2004,redirect,xss,openbb,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/index.php?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.interact.sh"

    matchers:
      - type: regex
        part: header
        regex:
          - '(?m)^(?:Location\s*?:\s*?)(?:https?:\/\/|\/\/|\/\\\\|\/\\)?(?:[a-zA-Z0-9\-_\.@]*)interact\.sh\/?(\/|[^.].*)?$'

References

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