MIMESweeper For Web Access Denied Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	18916
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jul 10 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 12 2006 09:38PM
Credit:	Erez Metula is credited with discovering this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Clearswift MIMEsweeper For Web 5.1 Clearswift MIMEsweeper For Web 5.0.5 Clearswift MIMEsweeper For Web 5.0.4 Clearswift MIMEsweeper For Web 5.0.3 Clearswift MIMEsweeper For Web 5.0.2 Clearswift MIMEsweeper For Web 5.0.1
Not Vulnerable:

MIMESweeper For Web Access Denied Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

MIMESweeper For Web is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sanitize input before displaying it to users of the application.

An attacker may leverage this issue 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.

MIMESweeper For Web Access Denied Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing a user into following a malicious link.

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/MimeSweeper.txt

MIMESweeper For Web Access Denied 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 if you are aware of more recent information, please email us at: [email protected]

Reports indicate that the vendor may have released a patch to address the issue, but this is not confirmed. Please contact the vendor for more information.

MIMESweeper For Web Access Denied Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• MIMESweeper For Web Homepage (Clearswift)
  
• MiMESweeper Support Homepage (Clearswift)
  
• MIMESweeper For Web 5.X Cross Site Scripting (Erez Metula)
  
• MIMESweeper For Web 5.X Cross Site (Erez Metula)