Worldcircle index.php cross-site scripting
| wordcircle-index-xss (24106) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Wordcircle is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the index.php script. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the course name parameter to execute script in a victim¿s Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, allowing the attacker to steal the victim¿s cookie-based authentication credentials.
Platforms Affected:
- Wordcircle, Wordcircle 2.17
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- eVuln Advisory EV0028 , Wordcircle Multiple SQL Injection & XSS Vulnerabilities at http://www.evuln.com/vulns/28/summary.html.
- Wordcircle Web site, Wordcircle course management for teachers and students at http://www.wordcircle.org/.
- BID-16227: Wordcircle Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-0204: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Wordcircle 2.17 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the Course name field in index.php when the frm parameter has the value mine and (2) possibly certain other fields in unspecified scripts.
- OSVDB ID: 22359: wordcircle index.php Course Name Field XSS
- SA18440: wordcircle Script Insertion and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0185: Wordcircle Multiple SQL Injection and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Jan 12, 2006
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