bbPress 1.0.2 and lower versions were vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting.
bbPress is plain and simple forum software, plain and simple with a
twist from the creators of WordPress.
It is focused on web standards, ease of use, ease of integration, and speed.
The Query String was not properly sanitized upon submission to the
/index.php url, which allows attacker to conduct Cross Site Scripting
attack.
This may allow an attacker to create a specially crafted URL that
would execute arbitrary script code in a victim's browser.
If a user has already logged in to the application, an XSS attack will
execute promptly.
If not, it will execute after the user's successful logging in.
bbPress 1.0.2 and lower
Upgrade to 1.0.3 or higher
bbPress Development Team
http://bbpress.org/
This vulnerability was discovered by Aung Khant, http://yehg.net, YGN
Ethical Hacker Group, Myanmar.
2010-12-23: notified vendor
2011-02-24: vendor released fixed version
2011-03-13: vulnerability disclosed
Original Advisory URL:
http://yehg.net/lab/pr0js/advisories/[bbpress-1.0.2]_cross_site_scripting
About bbPress: http://bbpress.org/about/
#yehg [2011-03-13]