Elog Log Entry HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	20181
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2006-5063
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 25 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Jan 25 2007 04:28PM
Credit:	Tilman Koschnick <[email protected]> is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Elog Web Logbook Elog Web Logbook 2.6.1 Debian Linux 3.1 sparc Debian Linux 3.1 s/390 Debian Linux 3.1 ppc Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel Debian Linux 3.1 mips Debian Linux 3.1 m68k Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64 Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32 Debian Linux 3.1 hppa Debian Linux 3.1 arm Debian Linux 3.1 amd64 Debian Linux 3.1 alpha Debian Linux 3.1
Not Vulnerable:

Elog Log Entry HTML Injection Vulnerability

ELOG is prone to an HTML-injection vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input data.

Exploiting this issue may allow an attacker to execute HTML and script code in the context of the affected site, to steal cookie-based authentication credentials, or to control how the site is rendered to the user; other attacks are also possible.

Version 2.6.1 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Elog Log Entry HTML Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue via a web client.

Elog Log Entry 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 if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: mailto:[email protected].

Elog Log Entry HTML Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Debian Bug report logs - #389361 XSS vulnerability in elog (Debian)
  
• Elog Web Logbook Homepage (Elog Web Logbook)