Justin Hagstrom Auto Directory Index Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:9056

Info

Justin Hagstrom Auto Directory Index Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9056
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 17 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 17 2003 12:00AM
Credit: The disclosure of this issue has been credited to David Sopas Ferreira.
Vulnerable: Justin Hagstrom Auto Directory Index 1.2.3
Not Vulnerable: Justin Hagstrom Auto Directory Index 1.2.4

Discussion

Justin Hagstrom Auto Directory Index Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

It has been reported that Auto Directory Index is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. The issue is reported to exist due insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data through the 'dir' parameter, which will then be included in a dynamically generated web page. The problem may allow a remote attacker to execute HTML or script code in the browser of a user following a malicious link created by an attacker.

Auto Directory Index version 1.2.3 is reported to be prone to this issue, however other versions may be affected as well.

Exploit / POC

Justin Hagstrom Auto Directory Index Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

The following proof of concept has been provided:

http://www.example.com/index.php?dir=<script>malicious_code</script>

Solution / Fix

Justin Hagstrom Auto Directory Index Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released version of 1.2.4 of the software that address this issue. Users may obtain the new version from the referenced SourceForge site.


Justin Hagstrom Auto Directory Index 1.2.3

References

Justin Hagstrom Auto Directory Index Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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