HP System Management Homepage Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	38081
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2009-4185
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Feb 03 2010 12:00AM
Updated:	Feb 04 2010 03:32PM
Credit:	This issue was disclosed by the vendor.
Vulnerable:	HP System Management Homepage 3.0.2 .77 HP System Management Homepage 3.0.1 .73 HP System Management Homepage 3.0 .68 HP System Management Homepage 3.0 .64 HP System Management Homepage 3.0.1.73
Not Vulnerable:	HP System Management Homepage 6.0 .96

HP System Management Homepage Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

HP System Management Homepage 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.

This issue affects versions prior to HP System Management Homepage 6.0 on Windows and Linux platforms.

HP System Management Homepage Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

HP System Management Homepage Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

HP System Management Homepage Unspecified Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• HP System Management Homepage (HP)
  
• HP System Management Homepage (SMH) for Linux and Windows, Remote Cross Site Scr (HP)