Bloo Googlespell_Proxy.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	21130
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Nov 16 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Nov 20 2006 11:46PM
Credit:	the_Edit0r is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Bloo Bloo 1.00
Not Vulnerable:

Bloo Googlespell_Proxy.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bloo 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.

Version 1.00 is vulnerable to this issue; other versions may also be affected.

Bloo Googlespell_Proxy.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue with a web client.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:

http://www.example.com/extensions/googiespell/googlespell_proxy.php?lang=[xss]

Bloo Googlespell_Proxy.PHP 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 mail us at: [email protected]:[email protected].

Bloo Googlespell_Proxy.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Vendor Home Page (Bloo)
  
• Bloo => 1.00 Cross Site Scripting ([email protected])