>> phpBB "BBCode" Processing Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Title : phpBB "BBCode" Processing Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-1138 CVE ID : GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2005-07-19
Technical Description
A vulnerability was identified in phpBB, which could be exploited by malicious users to conduct cross site scripting attacks. This flaw is due to an input validation error in the "includes/bbcode.php" script that does not properly filter a specially crafted "BBCode" URL, which may be exploited by attackers to cause arbitrary scripting code to be executed by the user's browser.
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