Faq-O-Matic Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	4023
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Feb 04 2002 12:00AM
Updated:	Feb 04 2002 12:00AM
Credit:	This vulnerability was submitted to BugTraq on February 4th, 2002 by <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable:	FAQ-O-Matic FAQ-O-Matic 2.712 - Debian Linux 2.2 FAQ-O-Matic FAQ-O-Matic 2.711 FAQ-O-Matic FAQ-O-Matic 2.603 - Debian Linux 2.2
Not Vulnerable:

Faq-O-Matic Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

FAQ-O-Matic is a freely available, open-source FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) manager. It is intended to run on Linux and Unix variants.

FAQ-O-Matic does not sufficiently filter script code from URL parameters. It is possible to create a malicious link containing arbitrary script code. When a legitimate user browses the malicious link, the script code will be executed in the user's browser in the context of the website running Faq-O-Matic.

As a result, it may be possible for a remote attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials from a legitimate user of the service.

Faq-O-Matic Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

The following example was provided:

http://faqomaticsite/cgi-bin/fom/fom.cgi?cmd=<script>alert("superpetz")</script>&file=1&keywords=superpetz

Faq-O-Matic Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
A fix bas been made available in the FAQ-O-Matic SourceForge CVS repository. It can be obtained here:

http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=10674

Additional upgrades available.


FAQ-O-Matic FAQ-O-Matic 2.603

• Debian faqomatic_2.603-1.2_all.deb
  http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-all/faqoma tic_2.603-1.2_all.deb

FAQ-O-Matic FAQ-O-Matic 2.712

• Debian faqomatic_2.603-1.2_all.deb
  http://security.debian.org/dists/stable/updates/main/binary-all/faqoma tic_2.603-1.2_all.deb

Faq-O-Matic Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Faq-O-Matic Product Page (Faq-O-Matic)