W3M Image Attribute Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:6794

Info

W3M Image Attribute Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 6794
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2002-1348
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 07 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 08:06PM
Credit: This vulnerability was reported by Hironori SAKAMOTO <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: W3M w3mmee-ssl 0.3 .p23.3
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mips
+ Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
+ Debian Linux 3.0 arm
+ Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
+ Debian Linux 3.0
W3M w3mmee 0.3 .p23.3
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mips
+ Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
+ Debian Linux 3.0 arm
+ Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
+ Debian Linux 3.0
W3M W3M 0.3.2 .2
W3M W3M 0.3.2 .1
W3M W3M 0.3.2
W3M W3M 0.3.1
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
+ Redhat Linux 8.0
W3M W3M 0.3
+ Redhat Linux 7.3 i386
+ Redhat Linux 7.3
W3M W3M 0.2.5 .1
W3M W3M 0.2.5
W3M W3M 0.2.4
W3M W3M 0.2.3
W3M W3M 0.2.2
W3M W3M 0.2.1
+ Redhat Linux 7.2 ia64
+ Redhat Linux 7.2 i386
+ Redhat Linux 7.2
W3M W3M 0.2
+ Redhat Linux 7.0 i386
+ Redhat Linux 7.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

W3M Image Attribute Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

A cross site scripting vulnerability has been reported for W3M. Due to inadequate sanitization of IMAGE tags, it is possible for an attacker to steal another user's cookie information or other sensitive data.

Exploit / POC

W3M Image Attribute Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

There is no exploit code required.

Solution / Fix

W3M Image Attribute Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
net-www/w3m upgrade to w3m-0.3.2.2 as follows:

emerge sync
emerge -u w3m
emerge clean

OpenPKG has released a security advisory (OpenPKG-SA-2003.009) which contains information on how to obtain fixes via ftp. OpenPKG users are advised to upgrade their w3m packages as soon as possible.

Fixes available:


W3M W3M 0.2

W3M W3M 0.2.1

W3M w3mmee 0.3 .p23.3

W3M w3mmee-ssl 0.3 .p23.3

W3M W3M 0.3

W3M W3M 0.3.1

References

W3M Image Attribute Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

© CVE.report 2026

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report