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CoolForum XSS and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Assessment Summary Checks for cross-site scripting and SQL injection vulnerabilities in CoolForum Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment Summary : The remote web server contains a PHP application that suffers from multiple issues. Description : The remote host is running a version of CoolForum that suffers from multiple input validation vulnerabilities. - Multiple SQL Injection Vulnerabilities Due to a failure to properly sanitize user-input supplied through the 'pseudo' parameter of the 'admin/entete.php' script and the 'ilogin' parameter of the 'register.php' script, an attacker may be able to manipulate SQL queries and view arbitrary database contents. - A Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability It is possible to inject arbitrary script and HTML code into the 'img' parameter of the 'avatar.php' script. A possible hacker can exploit these flaws to cause code to run on a user's browser within the context of the remote site, enabling him to steal authentication cookies, access data recently submitted by the user, and the like. See also : http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Mar/1013474.html Solution : Upgrade to CoolForum version 0.8.1 or later. Network Security Threat Level: Medium / CVSS Base Score : 6 (AV:R/AC:H/Au:NR/C:P/A:P/I:P/B:N) Networks Security ID: 12852 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Tenable Network Security

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