PHProxy Error Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:12115

Info

PHProxy Error Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12115
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 27 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 27 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Bos hcash.
Vulnerable: PHProxy PHProxy 0.3
PHProxy PHProxy 0.2
PHProxy PHProxy 0.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

PHProxy Error Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

PHProxy is reported prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure of the application to properly sanitize user-supplied URI input.

The problem presents itself when malicious HTML and script code is sent to the application through the 'error' parameter.

This vulnerability is reported to exist in PHProxy 0.3 and prior versions.

Exploit / POC

PHProxy Error Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

An example URI sufficient to exploit this vulnerability was provided:
http://www.example.com/poxy/index.php?error=html%20code%20could%20be%20easily%20injected%20here

Solution / Fix

PHProxy Error Parameter Cross-Site Scripting 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

PHProxy Error Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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