TikiWiki Tiki-view_forum_thread.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	15371
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Nov 09 2005 12:00AM
Updated:	Nov 09 2005 12:00AM
Credit:	Moritz Naumann is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.9.2 TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.9.1 .1 TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.9.1 TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.9 -rc3.1 TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.9 -rc3 TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.9 -rc2 TikiWiki Project TikiWiki 1.9 -rc1
Not Vulnerable:

TikiWiki Tiki-view_forum_thread.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

TikiWiki 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.

Versions 1.9.x up to and including 1.9.2 are affected; prior versions may also be affected.

TikiWiki Tiki-view_forum_thread.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

An example URI has been provided:

http://www.example.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?forumId=1&comments_parentId=0&topics_offset=10%22%20onmouseover='javascript:alert(document.title)%3B'%3E[PLEASE%20MO
VE%20YOUR%20MOUSE%20POINTER%20HERE!]%20%3Cx%20y=%22

TikiWiki Tiki-view_forum_thread.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]>.

TikiWiki Tiki-view_forum_thread.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Multiple security issues in TikiWiki 1.9.x (Moritz Naumann)
  
• TikiWiki Change Log (TikiWiki )
  
• TikiWiki Homepage (TikiWiki Project)