MegaBook Admin.CGI EntryID Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	13522
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2005-1494
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 05 2005 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 12 2009 02:06PM
Credit:	Spy Hat <[email protected]> is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	MegaBook MegaBook 2.1 MegaBook MegaBook 2.0
Not Vulnerable:

MegaBook Admin.CGI EntryID Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

MegaBook 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 is reported to affect MegaBook version 2.0; other versions may also be vulnerable.

MegaBook Admin.CGI EntryID Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

The following proof of concept URI is available:
http://www.example.com/admin.cgi?action=modifypost&entryid="><script>alert('wvs-xss-magic-string-703410097');</script>

MegaBook Admin.CGI EntryID 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]>.

MegaBook Admin.CGI EntryID Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• MegaBook Homepage (MegaBook)
  
• MegaBook V2.0 - Cross Site Scripting Exploit (Spy Hat )
  
• Re: MegaBook V2.0 - Cross Site Scripting Exploit (Spy Hat )