Swiki HTML Injection and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID:	28680
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-6200
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 08 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:30PM
Credit:	Brad Antoniewicz
Vulnerable:	Georgia Institute of Technology Swiki 1.5
Not Vulnerable:

Swiki HTML Injection and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Swiki is prone to an HTML-injection vulnerability and a cross-site scripting vulnerability 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, control how the site is rendered to the user, or launch other attacks.

Swiki 1.5 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Swiki HTML Injection and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Attackers can exploit these issues through a browser. To exploit the cross-site scripting issue, attackers must entice an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

The following example URI is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/28680.html

Swiki HTML Injection and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

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

Swiki HTML Injection and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

References:

• Swiki Homepage (Georgia Institute of Technology)
  
• Swiki 1.5 Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities ([email protected])