JBook Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	17419
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 10 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 10 2006 11:12PM
Credit:	Mourad aka Psych0 is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	JBook JBook 1.3
Not Vulnerable:

JBook Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

JBook 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.

JBook 1.3 is reported vulnerable. Other versions may be affected as well.

JBook Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability


This issue can be exploited through a web client.

The following proof of concept is available:

http://www.example.com/path/index.php?page=[xsscode]

JBook Index.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].

JBook Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• JBook (MULLER Julien)
  
• Jbook Cross Site Scripting ([email protected])