OpenFAQ Validate.PHP HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	17860
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 06 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	May 08 2006 05:49PM
Credit:	Kamil Sienicki is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	OpenFAQ OpenFAQ 0.4
Not Vulnerable:

OpenFAQ Validate.PHP HTML Injection Vulnerability

OpenFAQ is prone to an HTML-injection vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in dynamically generated content.

Attacker-supplied HTML and script code would be executed in the context of the affected website, potentially allowing an attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials or to control how the site is rendered to the user; other attacks are also possible.

OpenFAQ Validate.PHP HTML Injection Vulnerability

This issue can be exploited through a web client. An example was provided.

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/openfaq-0506-htmlinjection.html

OpenFAQ Validate.PHP HTML Injection 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].

OpenFAQ Validate.PHP HTML Injection Vulnerability

References:

• OpenFAQ Homepage (OpenFAQ)
  
• OpenFAQ - HTML injection and XSS (Cross Site Scripting) (Kamil Sienicki )