AppFuse Messages.JSP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	25927
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2007-5280
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 03 2007 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:35PM
Credit:	The vendor disclosed this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	AppFuse AppFuse 2.0-RC1
Not Vulnerable:	AppFuse AppFuse 2.0

AppFuse Messages.JSP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

AppFuse is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because the application fails to sufficiently 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 AppFuse 2.0-RC1 ; other versions may also be vulnerable.

AppFuse Messages.JSP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit these issues, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim into following a malicious URI.

AppFuse Messages.JSP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released AppFuse 2.0 to address this issue; please see the references for details.

AppFuse Messages.JSP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• AppFuse messages.jsp - cross site scripting (AppFuse)
  
• AppFuse QuickStart Guide (AppFuse)