N8 CMS mailto.php cross-site scripting
| n8cms-mailto-xss (24975) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
N8 CMS is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the mailto.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the userid 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:
- Compaq, Tru64 4.0
- N8's Content Management System, N8 CMS 1.1
- N8's Content Management System, N8 CMS 1.12
- N8's Content Management System, N8 CMS 1.2
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- N8 CMS Web site, What is N8's CMS? at http://www.nathanlandry.com/n8cms_v1.1/?dir=home.
- BID-16858: N8CMS Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-1008: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in N8cms 1.1 and 1.2 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) dir and (2) page_id parameter to (a) index.php and (3) userid parameter to (b) mailto.php. NOTE: it is possible that issues 1 and 2 are resultant from SQL injection.
- SA19068: N8cms Cross-Site Scripting and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0779: N8cms Multiple Variable SQL Injection and Cross Scripting Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Mar 01, 2006
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