MacsDesign Studio Web Help Desk Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	33429
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jan 23 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	Jan 28 2009 06:39PM
Credit:	The vendor.
Vulnerable:	MacsDesign Studio Web Help Desk 9.1.17
Not Vulnerable:	MacsDesign Studio Web Help Desk 9.1.18

MacsDesign Studio Web Help Desk Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Web Help Desk is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied 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 allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

Versions prior to Web Help Desk 9.1.18 are vulnerable.

MacsDesign Studio Web Help Desk Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim into following a malicious URI.

MacsDesign Studio Web Help Desk Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released an update to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.

MacsDesign Studio Web Help Desk Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Web Help Desk (MacsDesign Studio)
  
• Web Help Desk 9.1.18 (MacsDesign Studio)