Re: New phpBB ViewTopic.php Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

["t4c [Founder of GHCIF]" <t4c () ghcif de>]

An inofficial fix to this Issue has been released by ghcif.de
PHPBB 2.0.6c XSS Flaw in viewtopic.php

Open and Backup viewtopic.php

Find:

if ( !empty($HTTP_POST_VARS['postorder']) || 
!empty($HTTP_GET_VARS['postorder']${
        $post_order = (!empty($HTTP_POST_VARS['postorder'])) ? 
$HTTP_POST_VARS[$
        $post_time_order = ($post_order == "asc") ? "ASC" : "DESC";
}
else
{
        $post_order = 'asc';
        $post_time_order = 'ASC';
}



Replace with:

//
// Decide how to order the post display
//
if ( !empty($HTTP_POST_VARS['postorder']) || 
!empty($HTTP_GET_VARS['postorder']${
        $post_order = (!empty($HTTP_POST_VARS['postorder'])) ? 
$HTTP_POST_VARS[$
        // Exploit Fix
        $post_order = htmlspecialchars($post_order);
        $post_time_order = ($post_order == "asc") ? "ASC" : "DESC";
}
else
{
        $post_order = 'asc';
        // Exploit Fix
        $post_order = htmlspecialchars($post_order);
        $post_time_order = 'ASC';
}



by Milan 't4c' Berger


Cheng Peng Su wrote:
> ################################################
> Advisory Name:New phpBB ViewTopic.php Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
> Release Date: Feb 29,2004 
> Application: phpBB 
> Platform: PHP
> Version Affected: the lastest version
> Vendor URL: http://www.phpbb.com/
> Discover: Cheng Peng Su(apple_soup_at_msn.com)
> ################################################
>
> Details:
>     This vuln is similar to Arab VieruZ's advisory 'XSS bug in phpBB',this time the problem is not in 'highlight' ,but in 
> 'postorder'.we can inject HTML code,such code could be used to steal cookie information.
>
> Proof of Concept:
>      If there is a topic at 
>   http://site/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=123456
>   this page can be also viewed at
>   http://site/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=123456&postorder=asc
>   then this page will contain code like below:
>   <a class="maintitle" href="viewtopic.php?t=176994&amp;start=0&amp;postdays=0&amp;postorder=asc&amp;highlight=">[Topic 
> Title]</a>.
>   phpBB doesn't filter out illegal characters from 'postorder',so we can inject HTML code after 'postorder='.
>
> Exploit:
>   URL: 
> http://site/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=123456&postorder=%22%3E%3C%73%63%72%69%70%74%3E%61%6C%65%72%74%28%64%6F%63%75%6D%65%6E%74%2E%63%6F%6F%6B%69%65%29%3C%2F%73%63%72%69%70%74%3E%3C
>
>   note unescape('=%22%3E%3C%73%63%72%69%70%74%3E%61%6C%65%72%74%28%64%6F%63%75%6D%65%6E%74%2E%63%6F%6F%6B%69%65%29%3C%2F%73%63%72%69%70%74%3E%3C') == 
> '">&lt;script&gt;alert(document.cookie)&lt;/script&gt;<'
>
> Contact:
> Cheng Peng Su
> apple_soup_at_msn.com
> Class 1,Senior 2,High school attached to Wuhan University
> Wuhan,Hubei,China

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Milan 't4c' Berger
Network & Security Administrator
21073 Hamburg

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