PHP Live Helper Chat.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	17960
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 12 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	May 15 2006 11:24PM
Credit:	Mr-X is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	PHP Live Helper PHP Live Helper 2.0 beta
Not Vulnerable:

PHP Live Helper Chat.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

PHP Live Helper 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.

PHP Live Helper Chat.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

This issue can be exploited through a web client.

The following URI has been provided:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/phplivehelper-xss.txt

PHP Live Helper Chat.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]

PHP Live Helper Chat.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• PHP Live! Web Site (PHP Live!)
  
• PHP Live Helper ASP(chat.php) XSS ([email protected])