eZ Publish 'username' Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	55550
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Sep 13 2012 12:00AM
Updated:	Sep 13 2012 12:00AM
Credit:	Serhey Dolgushev
Vulnerable:	eZ Systems eZ publish 4.0.1 eZ Systems eZ publish 4.0 eZ Systems eZ publish 4.7 eZ Systems eZ publish 4.6 eZ Systems eZ publish 4.2012.8 eZ Systems eZ publish 4.2011
Not Vulnerable:

eZ Publish 'username' Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

eZ Publish is prone to an HTML-injection vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

Successful exploits will allow attacker-supplied HTML and script code to run in the context of the affected browser, potentially allowing the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials or control how the site is rendered to the user. Other attacks are also possible.

The following versions are vulnerable:

eZ Publish versions 4.0 through 4.7
eZ Publish versions 4.2011 through 4.2012.8

eZ Publish 'username' Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

Attackers can use a browser to exploit this issue.

eZ Publish 'username' Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

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

eZ Publish 'username' Field HTML Injection Vulnerability

References:

• eZ Publish Homepage (eZ Publish)
  
• EZSA-2012-010: eZ Publish user login cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability (eZ Systems)