SPIP Index.PHP3 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	16461
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Feb 01 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Feb 07 2006 08:54PM
Credit:	Siegfried and netcraft are credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	SPIP SPIP 1.9.Alpha 2 SPIP SPIP 1.8.2-e
Not Vulnerable:

SPIP Index.PHP3 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SPIP 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.

SPIP Index.PHP3 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

The following proof of concept URI is available:
http://www.example.com/index.php3?lang=">xss

SPIP Index.PHP3 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]:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]>.

SPIP Index.PHP3 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• SPIP Homepage (SPIP)
  
• ZRCSA-200601: SPIP - Multiple Vulnerabilities ([email protected])