Western Digital My Book World Edition 'lang' Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID:	40564
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Dec 30 2009 12:00AM
Updated:	Dec 30 2009 12:00AM
Credit:	Emanuele 'emgent' Gentili
Vulnerable:	Western Digital My Book World Edition 1.1.16
Not Vulnerable:

Western Digital My Book World Edition 'lang' Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

My Book World Edition is prone to multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage these issues 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.

My Book World Edition 01.01.16 with MioNet 2.3.9.13 firmware is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Western Digital My Book World Edition 'lang' Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Attackers can exploit these issues by enticing an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

The following example URIs are available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/40564.txt

Western Digital My Book World Edition 'lang' Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

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].

Western Digital My Book World Edition 'lang' Parameter Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

References:

• My Book World Edition Homepage (Western Digital Corporation)