Superfish 'form_set_error' Function Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:69039

Info

Superfish 'form_set_error' Function Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 69039
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Aug 04 2014 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 04 2014 12:00AM
Credit: Ubani A Balogun
Vulnerable: Joel Birch Superfish 7.x-1.9
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Superfish 'form_set_error' Function Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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

Superfish 7.x-1.9 is vulnerable; other versions may also affected.

Exploit / POC

Superfish 'form_set_error' Function Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

To exploit this issue an attacker must entice an unsuspecting victim to follow a malicious URI.
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