LedNews message cross-site scripting
| lednews-message-xss (12304) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
LedNews is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper filtering of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could post a message containing malicious script embedded within HTML or JavaScript tags, which would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site, once the message is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Platforms Affected:
- Shawn Harkin, LedNews 0.7
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Ledscript.com Web site, Ledscript.com - The top source for scripted applications. at http://www.ledscripts.com.
- VulnWatch Mailing List, Sun Jun 15 2003 - 13:35:28 CDT, XSS Vulnerability in LedNews (CGI/Perl) v0.7 at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q2/0105.html.
- BID-7920: LedNews Post Script Code Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2003-0495: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in LedNews 0.7 allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary web script via a news item.
Reported:
Jun 15, 2003
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