PhpGedView Login.PHP URL Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:11903

Info

PhpGedView Login.PHP URL Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11903
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2004-0067
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 12 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 08:07AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability is credited to JeiAr <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: PhpGedView PhpGedView 2.65 beta5
PhpGedView PhpGedView 2.61.1
PhpGedView PhpGedView 2.61
PhpGedView PhpGedView 2.60
PhpGedView PhpGedView 2.52.3
Not Vulnerable: PhpGedView PhpGedView 2.65

Discussion

PhpGedView Login.PHP URL Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

It is reported that PhpGedView is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly sanitize user-supplied URI input.

This issue could permit a remote attacker to create a malicious URI link that includes hostile HTML and script code. If this link were to be followed, the hostile code may be rendered in the web browser of the victim user. This would occur in the security context of the affected web site and may allow for theft of cookie-based authentication credentials or other attacks.

Exploit / POC

PhpGedView Login.PHP URL Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

No exploit is required and the following proof of concept is available:

http://www.example.com/phpgedview/login.php?url=/index.php?GEDCOM="&gt;&lt;iframe&gt;

Solution / Fix

PhpGedView Login.PHP URL Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has addressed this issue in PhpGedView 2.65 and later.


PhpGedView PhpGedView 2.52.3

PhpGedView PhpGedView 2.60

PhpGedView PhpGedView 2.61

PhpGedView PhpGedView 2.61.1

PhpGedView PhpGedView 2.65 beta5

References

PhpGedView Login.PHP URL Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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