PHPRank Add.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:5945

Info

PHPRank Add.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 5945
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Oct 10 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 10 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Vulnerability discovery credited to Jedi/Sector One <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: phpRank phpRank 1.8
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

PHPRank Add.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

phpRank is a freely available web site link sharing script. It is available for Unix, Linux, and Microsoft operating systems.

It has been reported that phpRank is vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks. Under some circumstances, it is possible to force the rendering of arbitrary HTML and script code through the add.php portion of the phpRank package. This could allow the execution of potentially malicious script and HTML in the security context of a vulnerable site.

Exploit / POC

PHPRank Add.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

The following proof of concept has been made available by Jedi/Sector One <[email protected]>:

http://example.com/phprank/add.php?page=add&spass=1&name=2&siteurl=3&email=%3Cscript%3Ealert(42)%3C/script%3E

Solution / Fix

PHPRank Add.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

PHPRank Add.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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