Opentools-Board Attachment Mod Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	19888
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 07 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Sep 07 2006 11:03PM
Credit:	The vendor disclosed this issue.
Vulnerable:	Opentools Attachment Mod 2.4.4
Not Vulnerable:	Opentools Attachment Mod 2.4.5

Opentools-Board Attachment Mod Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Opentools-Board Attachment Mod is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

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. This vulnerability is reported to affect only Internet Explorer.

Opentools-Board Attachment Mod Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue via a web client.

Opentools-Board Attachment Mod Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an updated version of the application that addresses this vulnerability. Please see the vendor references for more information.

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Opentools-Board Attachment Mod Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Attachment Mod Version 2.4.5 released (Opentools-Board)
  
• Vendor Homepage (Opentools-Board)