CityPost PHP LNKX Message.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	13255
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 19 2005 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 19 2005 12:00AM
Credit:	Discovery of this issue is credited to Thom <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable:	Citypost PHP LNKX 52.0
Not Vulnerable:

CityPost PHP LNKX Message.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

CityPost PHP LNKX is affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input to the 'message.php' script.

An attacker may leverage this issue to have arbitrary script code executed in the browser of an unsuspecting user. This may facilitate the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials as well as other attacks.

CityPost PHP LNKX Message.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

The following example is available:

http://www.example.com/lnkx/message.php?msg=[XSS]

CityPost PHP LNKX Message.PHP 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]>.

CityPost PHP LNKX Message.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Automated Link Exchange Homepage (Citypost)