Adobe Macromedia JRun Management Console cross-site scripting
| jrun-management-console-xss (17483) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Macromedia JRun is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper handling of user-supplied input in the JRun Management Console. A remote attacker could create a malicious JRun Session ID cookie containing embedded script, which would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site, once the cookie is accepted. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials and hijack the account.
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Apply the appropriate patch for your system, as listed in Macromedia Security Bulletin MPSB04-08. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Oct 14 2004 - 05:11:13 CDT: ACROS Security: HTML Injection in JRun Management Console.
- CIAC Information Bulletin P-013: Macromedia JRun Server Vulnerabilities.
- Macromedia Product Security Bulletin MPSB04-08 : Cumulative Security Patch available for JRun server.
- BID-11245: Macromedia JRun Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
- BID-11411: Macromedia JRun Management Console HTML Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2004-1477: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Management Console in JRun 4.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML and possibly hijack a user's session.
- SA12638: Macromedia JRun Server Multiple Vulnerabilities
- US-CERT VU#668206: Macromedia JRun Server is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack
Platforms Affected:
- Macromedia JRun 4.0
Reported:
Sep 24, 2004
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