OZJournals Vname Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	17954
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 12 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	May 15 2006 10:19PM
Credit:	kiki is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	OZJournals OZJournals 1.2
Not Vulnerable:

OZJournals Vname Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

OZJournals 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.

OZJournals 1.2 is reported to be vulnerable. Other versions may be affected as well.

OZJournals Vname Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

This issue can be exploited through a web client.

The following proof of concept is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/OZJournals_poc.txt

OZJournals Vname Parameter 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]

OZJournals Vname Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• OZJournals (OZJournals)
  
• OZJournals 1.2 <= Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability (kiki)