OpenCA Web front end allows cross-site scripting
| openca-frontend-xss (17274) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
OpenCA is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by the improper filtering of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could send a malicious HTML to the web front ends, which would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Platforms Affected:
- OpenCA, OpenCA 0.9.1-8 and prior
- OpenCA, OpenCA 0.9.2 RC6
Remedy:
For OpenCA versions 0.9.1-8 and prior:
Upgrade to the latest version of OpenCA (0.9.1-9 or later), available from the OpenCA Web site. See References.
For OpenCA version 0.9.2 RC6:
Upgrade to the latest Developers Version, available from the OpenCA Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Sep 06 2004 - 03:49:28 CDT , OpenCA Security Advisory: Cross Site Scripting vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-09/0047.html.
- OpenCA Web site, OpenCA Downloads at http://www.openca.org/openca/downloads.shtml.
- OpenCA Web site, OpenCA PKI Development Project at http://www.openca.org/openca/.
- BID-11113: OpenCA HTML Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2004-0787: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the web frontend in OpenCA 0.9.1-8 and earlier, and 0.9.2 RC6 and earlier, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the form input fields.
Reported:
Sep 06, 2004
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