Siteframe comment cross-site scripting
| siteframe-comment-xss (24836) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Siteframe is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the page.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the GET function in the user comment page 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:
Upgrade to the current version of Siteframe (version 5.0.2 or later) available from the Siteframe Web site. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Feb 16 2006 - 07:47:20 CST: Siteframe Beaumont 5.0.2 <== User Comment Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability.
- Siteframe Web site: Siteframe.
- BID-16695: Siteframe Beaumont Page.PHP HTML Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-0783: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in page.php in in Siteframe Beaumont, possibly 5.0.2 or 5.0.1a, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the comment_text parameter to the user comment page (/edit/Comment).
- OSVDB ID: 23267: Siteframe User Comment comment_text Field XSS
- SA18892: Siteframe Page Comment Script Insertion Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Broadpool Siteframe prior to 5.0.2
Reported:
Feb 16, 2006
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