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Cross-site scripting attacks [message #167755] Thu, 13 September 2012 14:46 Go to next message
mikrochip   Germany
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Hi!

I've found a critical bug in FUDforum that can be used for a Cross-site scripting attack.
An attacker could generate a special prepared data-URL which contains a HTML document with java script code and put a link to it into a forum message. This code will be executed in the context of the forum domain if any user clicks at the link.
So with Ajax the script can read out the SQ or other data and do anything.

All versions of FUDforum (at least since 2.7.7) are affected. I think earlier versions than 2.7.7 will also be affected, but I did not try it out.
I think you should really disable data-URLs in hyperlinks.
Re: FUDforum 3.0.4.1 released [message #167767 is a reply to message #167755] Sat, 15 September 2012 13:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
StephenKing is currently offline  StephenKing   Germany
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You've already heard of responsible disclosure?
Re: Cross-site scripting attacks [message #167768 is a reply to message #167767] Sun, 16 September 2012 16:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
naudefj is currently offline  naudefj   South Africa
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Details would be great!
If you don't want to respond to my private mail, please post it here so it can be validated and fixed.
Aw: Re: FUDforum 3.0.4.1 released [message #167769 is a reply to message #167767] Sun, 16 September 2012 23:22 Go to previous messageGo to next message
mikrochip   Germany
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StephenKing schrieb am Sat, 15 September 2012 09:04
You've already heard of responsible disclosure?

I'm sorry. It's the first vulnerability I ever found and I did not really know how to react. I was a little bit nerveous and didn't think enough about my practice.
Re: Aw: Re: FUDforum 3.0.4.1 released [message #167772 is a reply to message #167769] Tue, 18 September 2012 05:47 Go to previous messageGo to next message
naudefj is currently offline  naudefj   South Africa
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I received the info form mikrochip and are busy preparing a patch.
Re: Aw: Re: FUDforum 3.0.4.1 released [message #167786 is a reply to message #167772] Sat, 22 September 2012 14:52 Go to previous message
naudefj is currently offline  naudefj   South Africa
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Fixed @ http://fudforum.svn.sourceforge.net/fudforum/?rev=5545&view=rev
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