CuteNews Show_News.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
BID:16740
Info
CuteNews Show_News.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
| Bugtraq ID: | 16740 |
| Class: | Input Validation Error |
| CVE: | |
| Remote: | Yes |
| Local: | No |
| Published: | Feb 21 2006 12:00AM |
| Updated: | Feb 21 2006 12:00AM |
| Credit: | Discovered by imei addmimistrator. |
| Vulnerable: |
CutePHP CuteNews 1.4.1 |
| Not Vulnerable: | |
Discussion
CuteNews Show_News.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
CuteNews is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input before including it in dynamically generated HTML content.
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.
CuteNews version 1.4.1 is vulnerable to this issue; other versions may also be affected.
CuteNews is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input before including it in dynamically generated HTML content.
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.
CuteNews version 1.4.1 is vulnerable to this issue; other versions may also be affected.
Exploit / POC
CuteNews Show_News.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
An exploit is not required.
The following proof of concept was provided:
/cutenews/show_news.php?subaction=addcomment&id={aNewsId}&name={anExistantUserName}&show=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(â?imeiâ?)%3C/script%3E
An exploit is not required.
The following proof of concept was provided:
/cutenews/show_news.php?subaction=addcomment&id={aNewsId}&name={anExistantUserName}&show=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(â?imeiâ?)%3C/script%3E
Solution / Fix
CuteNews Show_News.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]
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]
References
CuteNews Show_News.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
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