PyBlosxom Contributed Packages Comments Plugin Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID:	18292
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jun 06 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Jun 06 2006 08:02PM
Credit:	Tung Wai Yip is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	PyBlosxom PyBlosxom 1.2.2
Not Vulnerable:	PyBlosxom PyBlosxom 1.3

PyBlosxom Contributed Packages Comments Plugin Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

PyBlosxom Contributed Packages is prone to multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. These issues are due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage these issues to have arbitrary script code execute 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.

Contributed Packages for Pyblosxom version 1.2.2 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

PyBlosxom Contributed Packages Comments Plugin Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

These issues can be exploited through a web client.

PyBlosxom Contributed Packages Comments Plugin Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Solution:
The vendor has released contributed packages version 1.3.0 to address these issues; please see the reference section for further details.


PyBlosxom PyBlosxom 1.2.2

• PyBlosxom contrib.1.3.0.tar.gz
  http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pyblosxom/contrib.1.3.0.tar.gz

PyBlosxom Contributed Packages Comments Plugin Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

References:

• contrib 1.3.0 for pyblosxom 1.3 (pyblosxom)
  
• PyBlosxom Web Site (PyBlosxom)