Utopia News Pro header.php and footer.php cross-site scripting
| utopianewspro-header-footer-xss (22554) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Utopia News Pro is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the footer.php script containing embedded code in the query_count or version parameters or send a specially-crafted URL request to the header.php script containing imbedded code in the sitetitle parameter which, once the link is clicked, 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:
- Utopia Software, Utopia News Pro 1.1.3
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Utopia News Pro (1.1.4 or later), available from the Utopia News Pro Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Oct 06 2005 - 21:15:57 CDT, Utopia News Pro 1.1.3 SQL Injection / cross site scripting at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-10/0084.html.
- Utopia News Pro Web site, Utopia Software - Utopia News Pro at http://www.utopiasoftware.net/newspro/index.php.
- BID-15027: Utopia News Pro Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2005-3200: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Utopia News Pro (UNP) 1.1.3 and 1.1.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the sitetitle parameter in header.php and (2) the version and (3) query_count parameters in footer.php.
- OSVDB ID: 19940: Utopia News Pro header.php sitetitle Variable XSS
- OSVDB ID: 19941: Utopia News Pro footer.php Multiple Variable XSS
- SA17115: Utopia News Pro Cross-Site Scripting and SQL Injection
- SECTRACK ID: 1015016: Utopia News Pro Input Validation Holes Permit SQL Injection and Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Reported:
Oct 06, 2005
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