Ultimate Auction item.pl and itemlist.pl cross-site scripting
| ultimate-auction-item-xss (24138) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Ultimate Auction is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the item.pl and itemlist.pl scripts. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the item or category 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.
*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:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Sun Jan 15 2006 - 10:41:19 CST: Ultimate Auction <=3.67.
- Ultimate Auction Web site: Ultimate Auction.
- BID-16239: Ultimate Auction Item.PL Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- BID-16254: Ultimate Auction ItemList.PL Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-0217: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Ultimate Auction 3.67 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) item parameter in item.pl and (2) category parameter in itemlist.pl, which reflects the XSS in an error message. NOTE: the affected version might be wrong since the current version as of 20060116 is 3.6.1.
- OSVDB ID: 22443: Ultimate Auction item.pl item Variable XSS
- OSVDB ID: 22444: Ultimate Auction itemlist.pl category Variable XSS
- SA18477: Ultimate Auction Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0187: Ultimate Auction item and category Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- thinkfactory Ultimate Auction 3.67 and prior
Reported:
Jan 15, 2006
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