DCP-Portal calendar.php and search.php cross-site scripting

dcpportal-calendar-search-xss (24153) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

DCP-Portal is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the calendar.php and search.php scripts. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using various parameters 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.


Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

No remedy available as of March 20, 2010.

References:

  • BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Jan 13 2006 - 06:15:39 CST: DCP Portal Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability.
  • DCP-Portal Web site: DCP-Portal Community.
  • BID-16232: DCP Portal Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2006-0220: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in DCP-Portal 5.3 through 6.1.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the day parameter in calendar.php and (2) the input form in search.php. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information. It is possible that this issue is resultant from an SQL injection problem in CVE-2005-4227.3 and CVE-2005-4227.13.

Platforms Affected:

  • DCP-Portal DCP-Portal

Reported:

Jan 13, 2006

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