Project Alumni Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID:	26565
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2007-6126
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Nov 24 2007 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 13 2008 03:21AM
Credit:	tomplixsee is credited with the discovery of these vulnerabilities.
Vulnerable:	Project Alumni Project Alumni 1.0.9 Project Alumni Project Alumni 1.0.8
Not Vulnerable:

Project Alumni Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

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

An attacker may leverage these issues to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

Project Alumni Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Attackers can exploit these issues by enticing an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

The follow proof-of-concept URIs are available:

http://www.example.com/xml/index.php?year=<xss>
http://www.example.com/index.php?act=view&year=<xss>

Project Alumni 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].

Project Alumni Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

References:

• Project Alumni Homepage (Project Alumni)