National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-2574
Original release date:08/16/2005
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
xmb.php in XMB Forum 1.9.1 extracts and defines all provided variables, which allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary server variables such as _SERVER[REMOTE_ADDR].
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification
- Official Statement from XMB (12/11/2008)
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XMB version 1.9.10 or later must be installed to prevent attacks described
by this CVE. A patch is also included in third service pack for version
1.9.8 only. All other versions of XMB are vulnerable until upgraded.
Upgrades are available at http://www.xmbforum.com/
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External Source: MISC
Name: http://forums.xmbforum.com/viewthread.php?tid=754523
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20050809 Sql injection and global variables poisoning in XMB Forum 1.9.1