IBM Net.Data db2www Error Message Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:9488

Info

IBM Net.Data db2www Error Message Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9488
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 26 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 26 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Carsten Eiram.
Vulnerable: IBM Net.Data 7.2
IBM Net.Data 7.0
- HP HP-UX 9.0
- IBM AIX 4.3
- IBM OS/2 Warp Server 4
- IBM OS/390 V2R9
- IBM OS/400 V4R5
- Linux kernel 2.3
- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

IBM Net.Data db2www Error Message Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

IBM Net.Data is prone to cross-site scripting attacks via error message output. This may permit a remote attack to create a link to a system hosting the software that includes embedded HTML and script code. This hostile code may be rendered in the web browser of a user who follows the malicious link.

Exploitation could permit theft of cookie-based authentication credentials or other attacks.

Exploit / POC

IBM Net.Data db2www Error Message Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

The following example was provided:

http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/db2www/<script>alert(document.domain)</script>/A

Solution / Fix

IBM Net.Data db2www Error Message Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

References

IBM Net.Data db2www Error Message Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

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