JW Player 'playerready' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	54739
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jul 29 2012 12:00AM
Updated:	Dec 20 2012 05:20PM
Credit:	MustLive
Vulnerable:	LongTail JW Player 0
Not Vulnerable:

JW Player 'playerready' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

JW Player is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to 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.

Note: The vulnerability related to 'logo.link' parameter has been moved to BID 55199 for better documentation.

JW Player 'playerready' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit the issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to visit a specially crafted URL.

The following example URI is available:

http://www.example.com/player.swf?playerready=alert(document.cookie)

JW Player 'playerready' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for details.

JW Player 'playerready' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• BuddyPress Homepage (BuddyPress)
  
• JW Player Homepage (LongTail)