Cherokee Error Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:9496

Info

Cherokee Error Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9496
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 26 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jan 26 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery of this issue has been credited to César Fernández.
Vulnerable: Cherokee Cherokee HTTPD 0.4.7
Cherokee Cherokee HTTPD 0.4.6
Cherokee Cherokee HTTPD 0.2.7
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
- Sun Solaris 7.0
- Sun Solaris 2.6
Cherokee Cherokee HTTPD 0.2.6
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
- Sun Solaris 7.0
- Sun Solaris 2.6
Cherokee Cherokee HTTPD 0.2.5
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
- Sun Solaris 7.0
- Sun Solaris 2.6
Cherokee Cherokee HTTPD 0.2
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
- Sun Solaris 7.0
- Sun Solaris 2.6
Cherokee Cherokee HTTPD 0.1.6
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
- Sun Solaris 7.0
- Sun Solaris 2.6
Cherokee Cherokee HTTPD 0.1.5
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
- Sun Solaris 7.0
- Sun Solaris 2.6
Cherokee Cherokee HTTPD 0.1
- Sun Solaris 8_sparc
- Sun Solaris 7.0
- Sun Solaris 2.6
Not Vulnerable: Cherokee Cherokee HTTPD 0.4.8

Discussion

Cherokee Error Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Cherokee has been reported to contain a cross-site scripting vulnerability via error pages.

An attacker can exploit this issue by crafting a URI link containing the malevolent HTML or script code, and enticing a user to follow it. The attacker-supplied code may be rendered in the web browser of a user who follows the malicious link. Exploitation of this issue may allow for theft of cookie-based authentication credentials or other attacks.

Exploit / POC

Cherokee Error Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

The following proof of concept has been provided.

http://www.example.com/<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>

Solution / Fix

Cherokee Error Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has provided an upgrade that has dealt with this issue.


Cherokee Cherokee HTTPD 0.4.7

References

Cherokee Error Page Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

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