ATutor Login.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	14598
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Aug 18 2005 12:00AM
Updated:	Aug 18 2005 12:00AM
Credit:	matrix_killer is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	ATutor ATutor 1.5.1
Not Vulnerable:

ATutor Login.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

ATutor 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.

ATutor Login.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

The following proof of concept URI is available:

http://www.example.com/tour/login.php?course="><script>alert('XSS');</script>

ATutor Login.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]>.

ATutor Login.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• ATutor Homepage (ATutor)
  
• h4cky0u Web Site (matrix_killer)