Bitweaver title field cross-site scripting
| bitweaver-titlefield-xss (25053) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Bitweaver is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the title field. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the HTTP POST request 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:
- Bitweaver, Bitweaver 1.2.1
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Altervista.org Web page, Bitweaver CMS 1.2.1 User Comment Title Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability at http://kiki91.altervista.org/exploit/bitweaver_1.2.1_XSS.txt. (Original advisory)
- bitweaver Web site, bitweaverOverview at http://www.bitweaver.org.
- BID-16973: Bitweaver Title Field HTML Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-1131: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in read.php in bitweaver CMS 1.2.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the comment_title parameter.
- SA19101: bitweaver "title" Script Insertion Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0837: bitweaver comment_title Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Reported:
Mar 06, 2006
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