EMC Captiva eInput CVE-2011-1743 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	48910
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2011-1743
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jul 27 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 27 2011 12:00AM
Credit:	Nobuhiro Tsuji, NTT DATA SECURITY CORPORATION
Vulnerable:	EMC Captiva eInput 2.1.1
Not Vulnerable:	EMC Captiva eInput 2.1.2

EMC Captiva eInput CVE-2011-1743 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

EMC Captiva eInput is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data.

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.

EMC Captiva eInput 2.1.1 is vulnerable.

EMC Captiva eInput CVE-2011-1743 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

EMC Captiva eInput CVE-2011-1743 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available, please see the refernces for more information.

EMC Captiva eInput CVE-2011-1743 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• EMC Homepage (EMC)
  
• ESA-2011-024: EMC Captiva eInput multiple vulnerabilities ([email protected])