eZ Publish 'ezoption' Datatype Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	53542
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	May 15 2012 12:00AM
Updated:	May 15 2012 12:00AM
Credit:	Reported by the vendor
Vulnerable:	eZ Systems eZ publish 4.0 eZ Systems eZ publish 4.6
Not Vulnerable:	eZ Systems eZ publish 4.7

eZ Publish 'ezoption' Datatype Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

eZ Publish is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sanitize user-supplied input to the 'ezoption' datatype.

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.

eZ Publish versions 4.0 through 4.6 are vulnerable.

eZ Publish 'ezoption' Datatype Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

eZ Publish 'ezoption' Datatype Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.

eZ Publish 'ezoption' Datatype Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• eZ Publish Homepage (eZ Systems AS)
  
• EZSA-2011-02: Cross site scripting (XSS) issue in the ezoption datatype (eZ Systems)