TITLE: Ideal BB.NET Custom Error Page Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA17906 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/17906/ CRITICAL: Less critical IMPACT: Cross Site Scripting WHERE: >From remote SOFTWARE: Ideal BB.NET 2.x http://secunia.com/product/6391/ Ideal BB.NET 1.x http://secunia.com/product/6390/ DESCRIPTION: r0t has discovered a vulnerability in Ideal BB.NET, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks. Input passed to certain parameters (e.g. "forumID", "boardID", "postID", "catID", and "memberID") in the URL isn't properly sanitised before being returned to the user in a custom error page ("/ibb/errors/Error.aspx"). This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site. The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 2.0.31.11 and also reported in version 1.3. Other versions may also be affected. SOLUTION: Edit the source code to ensure that error messages are properly sanitised before being displayed. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: r0t ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://pridels.blogspot.com/2005/12/ideal-bbnet-13-xss-vuln.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------