PowerPortal multiple cross-site scripting
| powerportal-multiple-xss (16528) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
PowerPortal is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper filtering of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request containing malicious code in the id, search or files variable, which would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Mon Jun 28 2004 - 09:26:54 CDT : Multiple vulnerabilities PowerPortal.
- BID-10622: PowerPortal Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2004-0663: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in modules.php in PowerPortal 1.x allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary script or HTML via the (1) id parameter to the (a) private_messages module; (2) search parameter to the (b) links and (c) content modules; and (3) files parameter to the gallery module.
Platforms Affected:
- PowerPortal PowerPortal 1.x
Reported:
Jun 28, 2004
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