IndyNews HTML Injection Vulnerability

BID:6858

Info

IndyNews HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 6858
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Feb 14 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 14 2003 12:00AM
Credit: he discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to Elisa Manara <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: IndyNews IndyNews 0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

IndyNews HTML Injection Vulnerability

A vulnerability has been discovered in the IndyNews module available for PHP-Nuke. Due to insufficient sanitization of some HTML tags it is possible to embed HTML code within the 'alt' tags of a news article. When the news article is viewed by an unsuspecting user the embedded code will be executed within the context of the site visited.

The precise technical details regarding this vulnerability are currently unknown. This BID will be updated accordingly as more information is made available.

Exploit / POC

IndyNews HTML Injection Vulnerability

No exploit is required.

References

IndyNews HTML Injection Vulnerability

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