Monkey HTTP Server Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

BID:5829

Info

Monkey HTTP Server Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 5829
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 30 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 30 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this vulnerability credited to DownBload <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Monkey Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.5
Monkey Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.4.2
Monkey Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.4.1
Monkey Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.4
Monkey Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.1.4
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Monkey HTTP Server Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Monkey HTTP server is prone to cross site scripting vulnerabilities.

An attacker may exploit this vulnerability by enticing a victim user to follow a malicious link. Attacker-supplied HTML and script code may be executed on a web client visiting the malicious link in the context of the webserver.

Attackers may potentially exploit this issue to manipulate web content or to steal cookie-based authentication credentials. It may be possible to take arbitrary actions as the victim user.

Exploit / POC

Monkey HTTP Server Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

The following proof of concepts were provided:

www.victim.com/&lt;script&gt;alert('test');&lt;/script&gt;
www.victim.com/cgi-bin/test2.pl?&lt;script&gt;alert('test');&lt;/script&gt;

Solution / Fix

Monkey HTTP Server Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

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

References

Monkey HTTP Server Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

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