GuppY cross-site scripting
| guppy-xss (13395) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
GuppY is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper filtering of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could post a message or send a specially-crafted URL containing malicious script, which would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site, once the message is viewed or the link is clicked.
Platforms Affected:
- FreeGuppy, GuppY 2.4p3
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of GuppY (2.4p4 or later), available from the GuppY Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sun Oct 05 2003 - 11:24:39 CDT , GuppY : XSS, Files Reading/Writing at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-10/0077.html.
- GuppY Web site, GuppY at http://www.freeguppy.org.
Reported:
Oct 05, 2003
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