Defenition from Google, on XSS. Cross site scripting (XSS) is a type of computer security exploit where information from one context, where it is not trusted, can be inserted into another context, where it is. From the trusted context, an attack can be launched. Note that although cross site scripting is also sometimes abbreviated "CSS", it has nothing to do with the Cascading Style Sheets technology that is more commonly called CSS. Example: A XSS attack is something that an attacker performs, not an admin. You can use XSS to retrieve session information, cookies, md5 hashs, password hashes all from within a web browser, no need to be an admin. Hope this helps. -----Original Message----- From: Jessica Hope [mailto:jessicasaulhope@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 1:49 PM To: bugtraq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: XSS phpBB 2.0.21 in administration I never quite get what the point of these reports are. Unless I'm mistaken, in order to do *any* of those XSS attacks, you have to be an admin already. At which point the attacks become pointless (as why XSS when you can just nab a backup of their database?) Are you going to go to, say, vB's style editor next and say "OMG you can put XSS in it?!" Here's a little secret, database restore options on any forum package out there allows you to execute any SQL you wish! You just need to be an admin to do it. Pointless. Jessica
