SupportPRO SupportDesk 'shownews.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	36001
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Aug 10 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	Aug 21 2009 03:58PM
Credit:	Moudi
Vulnerable:	SupportPro SupportDesk 3.0 SupportPro SupportDesk
Not Vulnerable:

SupportPRO SupportDesk 'shownews.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

SupportPRO SupportDesk 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 let the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

SupportDesk 3.0 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

SupportPRO SupportDesk 'shownews.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim into following a malicious URI.

The following example URI is available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/36001.txt

SupportPRO SupportDesk 'shownews.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

SupportPRO SupportDesk 'shownews.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• SupportDesk Homepage (SupportPro)