PAFileDB ID Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:12952

Info

PAFileDB ID Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 12952
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2005-0951
CVE-2005-0952
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 31 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 11:56AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Diabolic Crab <[email protected]>. SecurityReason <[email protected]> may also have independently discovered this issue.
Vulnerable: PHP Arena paFileDB 3.1
PHP Arena paFileDB 3.0 Beta 3.1
PHP Arena paFileDB 3.0
PHP Arena paFileDB 2.1.1
PHP Arena paFileDB 1.1.3
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

PAFileDB ID Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

paFileDB is reported prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

The vulnerability presents itself when an attacker supplies malicious HTML and script code through the 'id' parameter.

This may allow for theft of cookie-based authentication credentials or other attacks.

paFileDB 3.1 and prior versions are affected by this vulnerability.

This issue may be related to BID 12788 (PAFileDB Multiple SQL Injection And Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities) and BID 12758 (PHP Arena PAFileDB Multiple Remote Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities). This BID will be retired or updated upon further analysis.

Exploit / POC

PAFileDB ID Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

The following proof of concept is available:
http://www.example.com/pafiledb/pafiledb.php?action=file&amp;id=%22%3E%20%20%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.cookie)%3C/script%3E

Solution / Fix

PAFileDB ID 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

PAFileDB ID Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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