Bit 5 Blog addcomment.php cross-site scripting
| bit5blog-addcomment-xss (24129) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Bit 5 Blog is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the addcomment.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the $comment variable 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.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 2.8 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 2.7 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- Bit 5 Blog Home page: Bit 5 Blog - Welcome.
- eVuln Advisory EV0032: Bit 5 Blog JavaScript Insertion Vulnerability.
- BID-16246: Bit 5 Blog AddComment.PHP HTML Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-0361: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in addcomment.php in Bit 5 Blog 8.01 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a javascript URI in an <a> tag in the comment parameter, which strips most tags but not <a>.
- OSVDB ID: 22446: Bit 5 Blog addcomment.php comment Variable XSS
- SA18464: Bit 5 Blog Script Insertion and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0195: Bit 5 Blog Multiple SQL Injection and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Bit 5 Blog Bit 5 Blog 8.01
Reported:
Jan 14, 2006
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