PhxContacts Login.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	17307
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Mar 29 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 29 2006 09:08PM
Credit:	[email protected] is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	phoetux.net PhxContacts 0.93.1 phoetux.net PhxContacts 0.93
Not Vulnerable:

PhxContacts Login.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability


PhxContacts 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.

PhxContacts versions 0.93.1 and prior are reported vulnerable.

PhxContacts Login.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability


This issue can be exploited through a web client.

An example URI has been provided:

http://www.example.com/login.php?m=[xss]

PhxContacts Login.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]:[email protected]

PhxContacts Login.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• PhxContacts Web Site (Phoetux)
  
• PhxContacts <= 0.93.1 beta Multiple SQL injection & xss ([email protected])