WebCT Email and Discussion Board Messages HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	28107
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-1225
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Mar 05 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:32PM
Credit:	Benjamin �??balupton�?� Lupton is credited with the discovery of this issue.
Vulnerable:	WebCT WebCT Campus Edition 4.1.5 .8
Not Vulnerable:

WebCT Email and Discussion Board Messages HTML Injection Vulnerability

WebCT is prone to an HTML-injection vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in dynamically generated content.

Attacker-supplied HTML or JavaScript code could run in the context of the affected site, potentially allowing an attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to control how the site is rendered to the user; other attacks are also possible.

This issue affects WebCT 4.1.5.8; other versions may also be vulnerable.

WebCT Email and Discussion Board Messages HTML Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

The following exploit examples are available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/webct_exploits.txt

WebCT Email and Discussion Board Messages HTML Injection 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].

WebCT Email and Discussion Board Messages HTML Injection Vulnerability

References:

• WebCT 4.x Javscript Session Stealer Exploits (Benjamin �??balupton�?� Lupton)
  
• WebCT Homepage (WebCT)