ConfTool Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	17231
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Mar 27 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Sep 28 2006 11:21PM
Credit:	Botan <[email protected]> is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	ConfTool ConfTool 1.1
Not Vulnerable:

ConfTool Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

ConfTool 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 help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

ConfTool Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue via a web client.

An example URI has been provided:

http://www.example.com/[path]/index.php?page=<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>

ConfTool Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released fixes to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.mailto:[email protected]

ConfTool Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• ConfTool Home Page (ConfTool)
  
• CanfTool v1.1 Cross Site Scripting Attack ([email protected])