Virtual Hosting Control System Error Message Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:15538

Info

Virtual Hosting Control System Error Message Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 15538
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 22 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 22 2005 12:00AM
Credit: Discovered by Moritz Naumann <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Virtual Hosting Control System Virtual Hosting Control System 2.4.6 .2
Virtual Hosting Control System Virtual Hosting Control System 2.2
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Virtual Hosting Control System Error Message Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Virtual Hosting Control System is prone to cross-site scripting attacks.

The vulnerability arises when error messages are rendered and could let an attacker inject hostile HTML and script code into the browser session of another user in the context of the site hosting the application. This could allow for theft of cookie-based authentication credentials or other attacks.

Exploit / POC

Virtual Hosting Control System Error Message Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

The following proof of concept is available:
http://www.example.com/dev/inputvalidation%3Cscript%3Ealert(window.location.hash)%3B%3C/script%3E#XSS

Solution / Fix

Virtual Hosting Control System Error Message 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]>.

References

Virtual Hosting Control System Error Message Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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