CVE-2005-1193

phpBB < 2.0.15 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via BBcode URI Scheme Injection

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-1193. PoCs published by Papados.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a BBCode injection vulnerability in phpBB's 'bbcode.php' script, allowing arbitrary HTML or script code execution via malformed [url] tags. The PoC includes examples of alert boxes, registry modifications, and DOM manipulation.

Description

The bbencode_second_pass and make_clickable functions in bbcode.php for phpBB before 2.0.15, as used in viewtopic.php, privmsg.php, and other scripts, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary script via a BBcode tag with a (1) javascript:, (2) applet:, (3) about:, (4) activex:, (5) chrome:, or (6) script: URI scheme, as demonstrated using the URL tag.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Papados · textwebappsjsp

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25628

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This exploit demonstrates a BBCode injection vulnerability in phpBB's 'bbcode.php' script, allowing arbitrary HTML or script code execution via malformed [url] tags. The PoC includes examples of alert boxes, registry modifications, and DOM manipulation.

Classification

Working Poc 90%

Attack Type

Xss

Complexity

Trivial

Reliability

Reliable

Target: phpBB (version not specified)

No auth needed

Prerequisites: User interaction required to click malicious BBCode link

MITRE ATT&CK