project-open 'account-closed.tcl' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	51842
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2012-1027
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Feb 03 2012 12:00AM
Updated:	Feb 09 2012 04:30PM
Credit:	Michail Poultsakis
Vulnerable:	project-open project-open 3.4.1.0.8 project-open project-open 3.4.1.0.7 project-open project-open 3.4.0.8.1
Not Vulnerable:

project-open 'account-closed.tcl' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

project-open 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 launch other attacks.

project-open 'account-closed.tcl' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim into following a malicious URI.

The following example URI is available:


http://www.example.com/register/account-closed?message=[arbitrary-JavaScript]

project-open 'account-closed.tcl' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• project-open Homepage (project-open)
  
• Project Open cross-site scripting vulnerability (CERT)