htmLawed CSS Expressions Unspecified Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	33631
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Feb 05 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	Feb 06 2009 09:49PM
Credit:	The vendor
Vulnerable:	Bioinformatics htmLawed 1.1.5 Bioinformatics htmLawed 1.1.4 Bioinformatics htmLawed 1.1.3 Bioinformatics htmLawed 1.1.2
Not Vulnerable:	Bioinformatics htmLawed 1.1.6

htmLawed CSS Expressions Unspecified Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

htmLawed is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

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 htmLawed 1.1.6 are vulnerable.

htmLawed CSS Expressions Unspecified Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.

htmLawed CSS Expressions Unspecified Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

htmLawed CSS Expressions Unspecified Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• htmLawed Change-log (Bioinformatics)
  
• htmLawed Homepage (Bioinformatics)