ContentBoxx Login.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	17612
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 19 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 20 2006 04:26PM
Credit:	botan is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	KRANKIKOM ContentBoxX 0
Not Vulnerable:

ContentBoxx Login.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

ContentBoxx is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails 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.

ContentBoxx 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/cms/login.php?action=XSS

ContentBoxx 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]

ContentBoxx Login.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• ContentBoxX Web Site (KRANKIKOM)
  
• ContentBoxx Login.php Cross-Site Scripting ([email protected])