PHP Event Calendar users.php cross-site scripting
| phpeventcalendar-users-xss (24523) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
PHP Event Calendar is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the users.php script. An authenticated, remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the Username or Password fields 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 or to re-set the victim's username or password.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 2.5 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 2.4 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of February 6, 2010.
References:
- eVuln Advisory EV0063: PHP Event Calendar XSS & User's Data Corruption Vulnerabilities.
- Soft Complex Web site: PHP Event Calendar v1.5.
- BID-16588: PHP Event Calendar HTML Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-0657: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Softcomplex PHP Event Calendar 1.5 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML, and corrupt data, via the (1) username and (2) password parameters, which are not sanitized before being written to users.php. NOTE: while this issue was originally reported as XSS, the primary issue might be direct static code injection with resultant XSS.
- OSVDB ID: 23071: PHP Event Calendar users.php Multiple Field XSS
- SA18792: PHP Event Calendar User Information Manipulation
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0507: PHP Event Calendar Cross Site Scripting and Information Manipulation
Platforms Affected:
- SoftComplex PHP Event Calendar 1.5
Reported:
Feb 06, 2006
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