Saxon Menu.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	26237
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2007-4862
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 29 2007 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:34PM
Credit:	netVigilance is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Quirm Saxon 5.4
Not Vulnerable:	Quirm Saxon 5.41

Saxon Menu.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Saxon 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 Saxon 5.4; earlier versions may also be vulnerable.

Saxon Menu.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:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/26237.html

Saxon Menu.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released Saxon 5.41 to address this issue.


Quirm Saxon 5.4

• Quirm saxon5-41.zip
  http://www.quirm.net/downloads/saxon/saxon5-41.zip

Saxon Menu.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Saxon Homepage (Quirm)
  
• Saxon Security (Quirm)
  
• SAXON version 5.4 XSS Attack Vulnerability ([email protected])