Cyclope Internet Filtering Proxy 'user' HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	50317
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Oct 20 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Oct 20 2011 12:00AM
Credit:	loneferret
Vulnerable:	Amplusnet Cyclope Internet Filtering Proxy 0
Not Vulnerable:

Cyclope Internet Filtering Proxy 'user' HTML Injection Vulnerability

Cyclope Internet Filtering Proxy is prone to an HTML-injection 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 let the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Cyclope Internet Filtering Proxy 'user' HTML Injection Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue through a browser.

The following example is available.

• /data/vulnerabilities/exploits/50317.py

Cyclope Internet Filtering Proxy 'user' HTML Injection 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].

Cyclope Internet Filtering Proxy 'user' HTML Injection Vulnerability

References:

• Cyclope Internet Filtering Proxy Software link (Amplusnet)