ACME Perl-Cal Cal_make.PL Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
BID:15779
Info
ACME Perl-Cal Cal_make.PL Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
| Bugtraq ID: | 15779 |
| Class: | Input Validation Error |
| CVE: | |
| Remote: | Yes |
| Local: | No |
| Published: | Dec 08 2005 12:00AM |
| Updated: | Dec 08 2005 12:00AM |
| Credit: | $um$id is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability. |
| Vulnerable: |
Acme Software PerlCal 2.99.30 Acme Software PerlCal 2.99.20 Acme Software PerlCal 2.99 |
| Not Vulnerable: | |
Discussion
ACME Perl-Cal Cal_make.PL Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Perl-Cal 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.
Perl-Cal 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
ACME Perl-Cal Cal_make.PL Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
No exploit is required.
Example URI have been provided:
http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/perlcal/cal_make.pl
?p0=%3Cscript%3Ewindow.open('http://www.example.com');%3Cscript%3E<http://www.example.com%27%29;%3Cscript%3E>
http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/perlcal/cal_make.pl
?p0=%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.cookie);</script>
No exploit is required.
Example URI have been provided:
http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/perlcal/cal_make.pl
?p0=%3Cscript%3Ewindow.open('http://www.example.com');%3Cscript%3E<http://www.example.com%27%29;%3Cscript%3E>
http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/perlcal/cal_make.pl
?p0=%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.cookie);</script>
Solution / Fix
ACME Perl-Cal Cal_make.PL 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
ACME Perl-Cal Cal_make.PL Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
References:
References:
- PerlCal Known Quirks/Bugs (ACME)
- PerlCal website (PerlCal)