Just William's Amazon Webstore CurrentNumber Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	13427
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2005-1403
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 28 2005 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 12 2009 02:06PM
Credit:	Lostmon <[email protected]> is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Just William's Amazon Webstore 04050100
Not Vulnerable:

Just William's Amazon Webstore CurrentNumber Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Amazon Webstore is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

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.

This issue reportedly affects Amazon Webstore version 04050100; other versions may also be vulnerable.

Just William's Amazon Webstore CurrentNumber Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

The following proof of concept is available:
http://www.example.com/uk/list/c/software_CAD_Technical_60002_uk.htm?currentNumber=4.3%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.cookie)%3C/script%3E&currentIsExpanded=0

Just William's Amazon Webstore CurrentNumber 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]>.

Just William's Amazon Webstore CurrentNumber Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Amazon Webstore Homepage (Just William's)
  
• Lostmon's Blog Page (Lostmon ([email protected]))