DotNetNuke User-Agent String Application Logs HTML Injection Vulnerability

BID:13646

Info

DotNetNuke User-Agent String Application Logs HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13646
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2005-0040
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 16 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 02:56PM
Credit: "Mark Woan" <[email protected]> is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: DotNetNuke DotNetNuke 3.0.8
DotNetNuke DotNetNuke 3.0.7
DotNetNuke DotNetNuke 2.1.2
DotNetNuke DotNetNuke 2.1.1
DotNetNuke DotNetNuke 1.0.10 e
DotNetNuke DotNetNuke 1.0.10 d
DotNetNuke DotNetNuke 1.0.9
DotNetNuke DotNetNuke 1.0.8
DotNetNuke DotNetNuke 1.0.7
DotNetNuke DotNetNuke 1.0.6
Not Vulnerable: DotNetNuke DotNetNuke 3.1 .0

Discussion

DotNetNuke User-Agent String Application Logs HTML Injection Vulnerability

DotNetNuke is prone to an HTML injection vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in dynamically generated content. Specifically user-supplied input supplied as a User-Agent string value is not sanitized, allowing script or HTML code to be included in application log files.

Exploit / POC

DotNetNuke User-Agent String Application Logs HTML Injection Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

DotNetNuke User-Agent String Application Logs HTML Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
Reports indicate that a fix is available to address this vulnerability. Symantec has not confirmed this. Please contact the vendor for further information in regards to obtaining and applying a fix.

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]>.

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DotNetNuke User-Agent String Application Logs HTML Injection Vulnerability

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