XSS Vulnerabilities in MintBoard

Information

Advisory by Netsparker (now Invicti)
Name:  XSS Vulnerabilities in MintBoard
Software:  MintBoard 0.3 and possibly below.
Vendor Homepage:  http://www.mintboard.com
Vulnerability Type:  Cross-Site Scripting
Severity:  Medium
Researcher:  Canberk Bolat
Advisory Reference:  NS-13-001

Description

Mintboard is a forum software that aims to do less and do it better. An attempt to say goodbye to the bloat found in forum software.

Details

MintBoard is affected by XSS vulnerabilities in version 0.3.

  • http://example.com/?login=3 (POST: name)
  • http://example.com/?login=3 (POST: pass)
  • http://example.com/?signup=3 (POST: name)
  • http://example.com/?signup=3 (POST: pass)

Learn more about Cross-Site Scripting:

Advisory Timeline

06/12/2012 – First contact
10/07/2013 – Advisory Released

Credits

It has been discovered on testing of Invicti.

References

  1. MSL Advisory Link: /web-applications-advisories/xss-vulnerabilities-in-mintboard/
  2. Invicti Advisories: /web-applications-advisories/

About Invicti

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