Spitfire 'cms_username' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	47077
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Mar 29 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 29 2011 12:00AM
Credit:	High-Tech Bridge SA
Vulnerable:	Claus Muus Spitfire 1.0.381 Claus Muus Spitfire 1.0.336
Not Vulnerable:

Spitfire 'cms_username' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Spitfire is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. because the application 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.

Spitfire 'cms_username' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

The following example requests is available:

[code]
GET / HTTP/1.1
Cookie: cms_username=admin">[xss]<
[/code]

Spitfire 'cms_username' 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].

Spitfire 'cms_username' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• HTB22903: XSS in Spitfire CMS (High-Tech Bridge SA)
  
• Spitfire - Homepage (Claus Muus)