AstroDog Press Some Chess New Name Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	18557
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2006-3273
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jun 20 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 06 2016 01:33PM
Credit:	luny is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	AstroDog Press Some Chess 1.5 RC1
Not Vulnerable:

AstroDog Press Some Chess New Name Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

Some Chess 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.

AstroDog Press Some Chess New Name Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

This issue can be exploited through a web client.

AstroDog Press Some Chess New Name Field 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].

AstroDog Press Some Chess New Name Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Some Chess Homepage (AstroDog Press)
  
• Somechess v1.5 rc1 - XSS (luny)