PAFaq Question Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
BID:14001
Info
PAFaq Question Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
| Bugtraq ID: | 14001 |
| Class: | Input Validation Error |
| CVE: | |
| Remote: | Yes |
| Local: | No |
| Published: | Jun 20 2005 12:00AM |
| Updated: | Jun 20 2005 12:00AM |
| Credit: | James Bercegay of the GulfTech Security Research Team is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability. |
| Vulnerable: |
PHP Arena paFaq beta4 |
| Not Vulnerable: | |
Discussion
PAFaq Question Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
paFaq 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 in the context of the affected site. This may facilitate the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials as well as other attacks.
paFaq 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 in the context of the affected site. This may facilitate the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials as well as other attacks.
Exploit / POC
PAFaq Question Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
No exploit is required.
The following proof of concept URI is available:
http://www.example.com/pafaq/index.php?act=Question&id=1%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29%3C%2Fscript%3E
No exploit is required.
The following proof of concept URI is available:
http://www.example.com/pafaq/index.php?act=Question&id=1%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.cookie%29%3C%2Fscript%3E
Solution / Fix
PAFaq Question 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]>.
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
PAFaq Question Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
References:
References:
- paFaq Homepage (PHP Arena)
- paFaq Multiple Vulnerabilities (GulfTech Security Research