Php-Stats Tracking.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	25674
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2007-4917
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 14 2007 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:35PM
Credit:	[email protected] is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Php-Stats PHP-Stats 0.1.9 .2
Not Vulnerable:

Php-Stats Tracking.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Php-Stats 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 execute arbitrary script code 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 issue affects Php-Stats 0.1.9.2; other versions may also be affected.

Php-Stats Tracking.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

The following proof-of-concept URI is available:

http://www.example.com/php-stats-path/tracking.php?what=online&ip=[XSS]

Php-Stats Tracking.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].

Php-Stats Tracking.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Php-Stats Homepage (Php-Stats)
  
• new XSS vulnerability in php-stats -tracking.php ([email protected])