LiveJournal CSS HTML Injection Vulnerability

BID:9727

Info

LiveJournal CSS HTML Injection Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 9727
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 23 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Feb 23 2004 12:00AM
Credit: Discovery is credited to Michael Scovetta <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: LiveJournal LiveJournal 1.1
LiveJournal LiveJournal
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

LiveJournal CSS HTML Injection Vulnerability

LiveJournal is reportedly prone to HTML injection via Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) tags. It is possible to inject hostile HTML and script code into journal entries through this vulnerability.

This could potentially be exploited to steal cookies from other site users. Other attacks are also possible.

Exploit / POC

LiveJournal CSS HTML Injection Vulnerability

The following example was provided:

<style>
.test1 { color:e\xpression(alert(document.cookie)); }
</style>

<a class="test1">foo</a>

Solution / Fix

LiveJournal CSS HTML Injection 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

LiveJournal CSS HTML Injection Vulnerability

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