Greenstone Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

BID:56662

Info

Greenstone Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 56662
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 23 2012 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 23 2012 12:00AM
Credit: Akastep
Vulnerable:
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Greenstone Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

Greenstone is prone to the following security vulnerabilities:

1. A file-disclosure vulnerability
2. A cross-site scripting vulnerability
3. A security weakness
4. A security-bypass vulnerability

Attackers can exploit these issues to view local files, bypass certain security restriction, steal cookie-based authentication, or execute arbitrary scripts in the context of the browser.

Exploit / POC

Greenstone Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

Attackers can exploit these issues through a browser. To exploit a cross-site scripting vulnerability, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

The following example URI and example data are available:

http://www.example.com/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=status&p=collectioninfo&pr=7&c=alert("OwnEd");

Solution / Fix

Greenstone Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Currently, we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

Greenstone Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

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