Matt's Whois 'mwhois.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	27974
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-1041
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Feb 25 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:32PM
Credit:	Ivan Sanchez and Maximiliano Soler are credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Matt Wilson Matt's Whois 0
Not Vulnerable:

Matt's Whois 'mwhois.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Matt's Whois is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input data.

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.

Matt's Whois 'mwhois.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

Matt's Whois 'mwhois.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Matt's Whois 'mwhois.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Matt's Whois Homepage (Matt Wilson)