ViewVC Cross Site Scripting and Unspecified Security Vulnerabilities

BID:36035

Info

ViewVC Cross Site Scripting and Unspecified Security Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 36035
Class: Unknown
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 12 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 21 2009 06:43PM
Credit: Red Hat
Vulnerable: ViewVC ViewVC 1.0.8
ViewVC ViewVC 1.0.5
ViewVC ViewVC 1.0.3
ViewVC ViewVC 1.0.2
Red Hat Fedora 11
Red Hat Fedora 10
Not Vulnerable: ViewVC ViewVC 1.0.9

Discussion

ViewVC Cross Site Scripting and Unspecified Security Vulnerabilities

ViewVC is prone to these security vulnerabilities:

- A cross-site scripting vulnerability.
- An unspecified security vulnerability that may allow attackers to print illegal parameter names and values.

An attacker may leverage theses issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site and steal cookie-based authentication credentials. Other attacks are also possible.

Versions prior to ViewVC 1.0.9 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

ViewVC Cross Site Scripting and Unspecified Security Vulnerabilities

An attacker can exploit these issues through a browser, To exploit a cross-site scripting vulnerability, the attacker can exploit these issues by enticing an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.

Solution / Fix

ViewVC Cross Site Scripting and Unspecified Security Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Vendor updates are available. Please see the references for details.

References

ViewVC Cross Site Scripting and Unspecified Security Vulnerabilities

References:

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