Mono Unicode Character Conversion Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

BID:12626

Info

Mono Unicode Character Conversion Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 12626
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 22 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 22 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Andrey Rusyaev.
Vulnerable: Mono Mono 1.0.5
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Mono Unicode Character Conversion Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

It is reported that Mono is prone to various cross-site scripting attacks. These issues result from insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data and arise when Mono converts Unicode characters ranging from U+ff00-U+ff60 to ASCII.

Mono 1.0.5 is reported vulnerable, however, other versions may be affected as well.

This issue is related to BID 12574 (Microsoft ASP.NET Unicode Character Conversion Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities).

Exploit / POC

Mono Unicode Character Conversion Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

An exploit is not required.

The following proof of concept example is available:
http://www.example.com/attack1.aspx?test=%uff1cscript%uff1ealert('vulnerability')%uff1c/script%uff1e

Solution / Fix

Mono Unicode Character Conversion Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

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

Mono Unicode Character Conversion Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

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