# CVE-2003-1277: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Remote attackers can inject scripts into YaBB bulletin board to steal user authentication cookies and execute arbitrary code.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Nov 2005
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-28rw-jv54-hwff

## What is CVE-2003-1277?

CVE-2003-1277 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Nov 2005. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Yet Another Bulletin Board (YaBB) 1.5.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary script as other users and possibly steal authentication information via cookies by injecting arbitrary HTML or script into (1) news_icon of news_template.php, and (2) threadid and subject of index.html

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-1277?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Yabb Yabb.

## How do I fix CVE-2003-1277?

No fix has been published for CVE-2003-1277 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2003-1277 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-1277 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2007-3208](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3208/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-2403](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-2403/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0343](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0343/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2013-2057](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2057/): Path traversal in YaBB (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2006-3275](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-3275/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2003-1277 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2003-1277 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Nov 2005. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-1277 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1277/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1277/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-1277
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-1277
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2003-1277

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1277/
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