Livelink ECM UTF-7 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	27537
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-0769
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jan 31 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:33PM
Credit:	David Kierznowski is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Open Text Corporation Livelink ECM 9.7 Open Text Corporation Livelink ECM 9.6 Open Text Corporation Livelink ECM 9.5 Open Text Corporation Livelink ECM 9.2 Open Text Corporation Livelink ECM 9.1 Open Text Corporation Livelink ECM 9.0
Not Vulnerable:	Open Text Corporation Livelink ECM 10

Livelink ECM UTF-7 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Livelink ECM is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it 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 versions up to and including Livelink ECM 9.7.0.

Livelink ECM UTF-7 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim into following a malicious URI.

Livelink ECM UTF-7 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released an update to address this issue. Please contact the vendor for information on obtaining and applying updates.

Livelink ECM UTF-7 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Livelink ECM Homepage (Open Text Corporation)
  
• Livelink UTF-7 XSS Vulnerability (David Kierznowski)