Grails 'g:message' Tags Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	60917
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jan 19 2011 12:00AM
Updated:	Jan 19 2011 12:00AM
Credit:	Francis Chew
Vulnerable:	GoPivotal Grails 2.3 GoPivotal Grails 2.2 GoPivotal Grails 2.1 GoPivotal Grails 2.0
Not Vulnerable:	GoPivotal Grails 2.2.2 GoPivotal Grails 2.1.5 GoPivotal Grails 2.0.5 GoPivotal Grails 2.3-M1

Grails 'g:message' Tags Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Grails is prone to a cross-site-scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly 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 can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Versions prior to Grails 2.0.5, 2.1.5, 2.2.2, and 2.3-M1 are vulnerable.

Grails 'g:message' Tags Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.

Grails 'g:message' Tags Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Grails 'g:message' Tags Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Fix for GRAILS-7170 XSS vulnerability: g:message (Grails)
  
• XSS vulnerability: g:message doesn't escape message arguments (Grails)