EditTag Plain Parameter Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

BID:21891

Info

EditTag Plain Parameter Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 21891
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 05 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 05 2007 10:16PM
Credit: NetJackal is credited with the discovery of these vulnerabilities.
Vulnerable: Greg Billock EditTag 1.2
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

EditTag Plain Parameter Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

EditTag is prone to multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage these issues 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.

Exploit / POC

EditTag Plain Parameter Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

An attacker can exploit these issues with a web client.

Sample URIs have been provided:

http://www.example.com/edittag/mkpw_mp.cgi?plain=XSS
http://www.example.com/edittag/mkpw.pl?plain=XSS
http://www.example.com/edittag/mkpw.cgi?plain=XSS

Solution / Fix

EditTag Plain Parameter Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for these issues. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]:[email protected].

References

EditTag Plain Parameter Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

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