YUI CVE-2013-4940 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
BID:61523
Info
YUI CVE-2013-4940 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
| Bugtraq ID: | 61523 |
| Class: | Input Validation Error |
| CVE: |
CVE-2013-4940 |
| Remote: | Yes |
| Local: | No |
| Published: | Jul 15 2013 12:00AM |
| Updated: | Jul 15 2013 12:00AM |
| Credit: | Aleksandr Dobkin and Sebastian Roschke of the Google Security Team. |
| Vulnerable: |
Moodle Moodle 2.4.4 Moodle Moodle 2.4.3 Moodle Moodle 2.3.7 Moodle Moodle 2.3.6 Moodle Moodle 2.3.3 Moodle Moodle 2.3.2 Moodle Moodle 2.3.1 Moodle Moodle 2.2.10 Moodle Moodle 2.2.9 Moodle Moodle 2.2.6 Moodle Moodle 2.2.5 Moodle Moodle 2.2.4 Moodle Moodle 2.2.3 Moodle Moodle 2.2.2 Moodle Moodle 2.2.1 Moodle Moodle 2.5 Moodle Moodle 2.4.2 Moodle Moodle 2.4.1 Moodle Moodle 2.4 Moodle Moodle 2.3.5 Moodle Moodle 2.3.4 Moodle Moodle 2.3 Moodle Moodle 2.2.8 Moodle Moodle 2.2.7 Moodle Moodle 2.2 |
| Not Vulnerable: |
Moodle Moodle 2.5.1 Moodle Moodle 2.4.5 Moodle Moodle 2.3.8 Moodle Moodle 2.2.11 |
Discussion
YUI CVE-2013-4940 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
YUI is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input.
Exploiting this issue could allow an attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials, compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database.
Note: This issue was previously covered in BID 61177 (YUI Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities), but has been moved to its own record for better documentation.
YUI 3.10.2 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.
YUI is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input.
Exploiting this issue could allow an attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials, compromise the application, access or modify data, or exploit latent vulnerabilities in the underlying database.
Note: This issue was previously covered in BID 61177 (YUI Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities), but has been moved to its own record for better documentation.
YUI 3.10.2 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.
Exploit / POC
YUI CVE-2013-4940 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
To exploit this issue an attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.
To exploit this issue an attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.
Solution / Fix
YUI CVE-2013-4940 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.
Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.
References
YUI CVE-2013-4940 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
References:
References:
- MSA-13-0025: XSS vulnerability in YUI library (Moodle)
- Security Bulletin: SWF Vulnerability in YUI 3.0.0 through 3.10.0 (and 3.10.2) (Yahoo! Inc)
- YUI Library Homepage (YUI Library)