Yektaweb Academic Web Tools CMS 'browse.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	45613
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Dec 28 2010 12:00AM
Updated:	Dec 30 2010 09:43AM
Credit:	Isfahan University of Technology - Computer Emergency Response Team.
Vulnerable:	Yektaweb Academic Webtools CMS 1.8.7 3 Yektaweb Academic Webtools CMS 0
Not Vulnerable:

Yektaweb Academic Web Tools CMS 'browse.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Yektaweb Academic Web Tools CMS 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.

Academic Web Tools 1.8.7.3 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Yektaweb Academic Web Tools CMS 'browse.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

The following example URIs are available:

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/45613.txt

Yektaweb Academic Web Tools CMS 'browse.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].