PCPIN Chat 'inc/url_redirection.inc.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	29363
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2008-2485
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 24 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:28PM
Credit:	PCPIN
Vulnerable:	PCPIN PCPIN Chat 6.10
Not Vulnerable:	PCPIN PCPIN Chat 6.11

PCPIN Chat 'inc/url_redirection.inc.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

PCPIN Chat 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.

This issue affects versions prior to PCPIN Chat 6.11.

PCPIN Chat 'inc/url_redirection.inc.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

PCPIN Chat 'inc/url_redirection.inc.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.


PCPIN PCPIN Chat 6.10

• PCPIN pcpin_chat_v611.zip
  http://www.pcpin.com/files/pcpin_chat/releases/pcpin_chat_v611.zip

PCPIN Chat 'inc/url_redirection.inc.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• [URGENT] PCPIN Chat 6 security fix (PCPIN)
  
• PCPIN Web Site (PCPIN)
  
• PCPIN Chat 6: potential XSS vulnerability in URL redirection script ([email protected])