Multiple Vendor Web Vulnerability Scanners HTML Injection Vulnerability

BID:14717

Info

Multiple Vendor Web Vulnerability Scanners HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 14717
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 01 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 01 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Mariano Nu?ez Di Croce <[email protected]> is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Nikto Nikto 1.35
N-Stalker N-Stealth Free Edition 5.8
N-Stalker N-Stealth Commercial Edition 5.8
Not Vulnerable: N-Stalker N-Stealth Free Edition 5.8.1 .03
N-Stalker N-Stealth Commercial Edition 5.8 .38

Discussion

Multiple Vendor Web Vulnerability Scanners HTML Injection Vulnerability

N-Stealth and Nikto, Web vulnerability scanners, are prone to an HTML injection vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure of the applications to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in dynamically generated content.

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary HTML or script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user.

Exploit / POC

Multiple Vendor Web Vulnerability Scanners HTML Injection Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

Solution / Fix

Multiple Vendor Web Vulnerability Scanners HTML Injection Vulnerability

Solution:
N-Stalker has released updated versions addressing this issue. Users are advised to contact the vendor for information regarding obtaining updates.

Nikto has released an update advising users to be cautious when viewing HTML reports.


N-Stalker N-Stealth Free Edition 5.8

References

Multiple Vendor Web Vulnerability Scanners HTML Injection Vulnerability

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