Lussumo Vanilla 'updatecheck.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	35124
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2009-1845
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 15 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:	Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.8

Lussumo Vanilla 'updatecheck.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Vanilla 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 Vanilla 1.1.8 are vulnerable.

Lussumo Vanilla 'updatecheck.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Attackers 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

Lussumo Vanilla 'updatecheck.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
An update is available. Please see the references for details.


Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.5

• Lussumo vanilla-1.1.8.zip
  http://lussumo.com/downloads/vanilla-1.1.8.zip

Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.7

• Lussumo vanilla-1.1.8.zip
  http://lussumo.com/downloads/vanilla-1.1.8.zip

Lussumo Vanilla 'updatecheck.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Vanilla 1.1.8 Released (Lussumo)
  
• Vanilla Product Page (Lussumo)
  
• Vanilla v.1.1.7 Cross-Site Scripting (Gerendi Sandor Attila)