RETIRED: Lussumo Vanilla 'ajax/updatecheck.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	35114
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 27 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 08 2010 09:39PM
Credit:	Gerendi Sandor Attila
Vulnerable:	Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.7 Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.5
Not Vulnerable:

RETIRED: Lussumo Vanilla 'ajax/updatecheck.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Lussumo Vanilla is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because the application 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 help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Vanilla 1.1.5 and 1.1.7 are vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

RETIRED: This BID is retired because it is a duplicate of BID 35124 (Lussumo Vanilla 'updatecheck.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability).

RETIRED: Lussumo Vanilla 'ajax/updatecheck.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

The following example URI is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/35114.txt

RETIRED: Lussumo Vanilla 'ajax/updatecheck.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Reports indicate that this issue has been fixed. Please see the references for details.

RETIRED: Lussumo Vanilla 'ajax/updatecheck.php' Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Vanilla Product Page (Lussumo)
  
• Vanilla v.1.1.7 Cross-Site Scripting ([email protected])