PaNews Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:12576

Info

PaNews Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12576
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 16 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 16 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability is credited to Pi3cH <www.PersianHacker.NET>.
Vulnerable: PHP Arena paNews 2.0 b4
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

PaNews Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

PaNews is reportedly affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue exists because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

As a result of this vulnerability, it is possible for a remote attacker to create a malicious link containing script code that will be executed in the browser of an unsuspecting user when followed. This may facilitate the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials as well as other attacks.

Exploit / POC

PaNews Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

The following proof of concept is available:
http://www.example.com/comments.php?op=view&newsid=1&showpost="><h1>AttackerXSSvulnerable<!--

Solution / Fix

PaNews 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

PaNews Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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