PostNuke user.php and NS-Languages cross-site scripting
| postnuke-user-nslanguages-xss (24823) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
PostNuke is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the user.php and the NS-Languages module. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the 'htmltext' or 'language' 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:
- PostNuke, PostNuke 0.761 and prior
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of PostNuke (0.762 or later), available from the PostNuke Download Web page. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Sun Feb 19 2006 - 14:29:47 CST , Multiple vulnerabilities in PostNuke <= 0.761 at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-02/0468.html.
- PostNuke Web site, PostNuke - NOC: Welcome at http://noc.postnuke.com.
- BID-16752: PostNuke Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-0802: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the NS-Languages module for PostNuke 0.761 and earlier, when magic_quotes_gpc is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the language parameter in a missing or translation operation.
- SA18937: PostNuke Multiple Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0673: PostNuke Multiple SQL Injection and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Feb 19, 2006
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