Novell GroupWise WebAccess Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

BID:27582

Info

Novell GroupWise WebAccess Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 27582
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2006-4220
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 31 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 04 2008 09:06PM
Credit: Frederic Loudet and Brian Martin discovered these vulnerabilities.
Vulnerable: Novell Groupwise 7.0
Novell Groupwise 6.5.7
Novell Groupwise 7.0.0 SP2
Novell Groupwise 7.0.0 SP1
Novell Groupwise 5.57e
- Novell Netware 5.0
- Novell Netware 4.11
Not Vulnerable: Novell Groupwise 7.0.0 SP3

Discussion

Novell GroupWise WebAccess Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Novell GroupWise WebAccess is prone to multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

Exploiting these issues may allow an attacker to perform cross-site scripting attacks on unsuspecting users in the context of the affected website. As a result, the attacker may be able to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

Novell GroupWise WebAccess 7 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Novell GroupWise WebAccess Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

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

The following proof-of-concept URIs are available:

http://www.example.com/servlet/webacc?Error=[XSS]
http://www.example.com/servlet/webacc?User.html=[XSS]

Solution / Fix

Novell GroupWise WebAccess Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Solution:
The vendor released fixes to address these issues. Please see the references for more information.

References

Novell GroupWise WebAccess Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

References:

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