PHPDocumentor Forum Lib Variable Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	16101
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Dec 30 2005 12:00AM
Updated:	Dec 30 2005 12:00AM
Credit:	Discovery is credited to zeus olimpusklan <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable:	phpDocumentor phpDocumentor 1.3 RC4 phpDocumentor phpDocumentor 1.3 RC3 phpDocumentor phpDocumentor 1.2.3 phpDocumentor phpDocumentor 1.2.2 phpDocumentor phpDocumentor 1.2.1 phpDocumentor phpDocumentor 1.2
Not Vulnerable:

PHPDocumentor Forum Lib Variable Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

phpDocumentor 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.

PHPDocumentor Forum Lib Variable Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

The following example was provided:

http://www.example.com/[path]/Documentation/tests/bug-559668.php?FORUM[LIB]=<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>

PHPDocumentor Forum Lib Variable 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]>.

PHPDocumentor Forum Lib Variable Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• phpDocumentor Home Page (phpDocumentor)