Sage Input Validation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	19928
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2006-4711 CVE-2006-4712
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 08 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Nov 22 2006 03:40PM
Credit:	pdp and Kevin Hamilton are credited with discovering this issue.
Vulnerable:	Sage Sage 1.3.6
Not Vulnerable:	Sage Sage 1.3.8 Sage Sage 1.3.7

Sage Input Validation Vulnerability

The application is prone to an input-validation vulnerability that allows malicious HTML and script code to be injected before it is used in dynamically generated content.

Attacker-supplied HTML and script code would execute 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.

Sage Input Validation Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue via a web client.

A sample exploit has been provided:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/sage-inputvalidation.xml

Sage Input Validation 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 mail us at: [email protected]:[email protected].

Sage Input Validation Vulnerability

References:

• Firefox Addons (Mozilla)
  
• Sage Home Page (Sage)
  
• Cross Context Scripting with Sage ("pdp \(architect\)" )