QwikiWiki multiple scripts allow cross-site scripting
| qwikiwiki-multiple-scripts-xss (25128) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
QwikiWiki is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the index.php script, the login.php script, the pageindex.php script and the recentchanges.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using various parameters 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 latest version of QwikiWiki (1.5.6 BETA or later), available from the QwikiWiki Web site. See References.
References:
- Altervista.org Vulnerability Posting: QwikiWiki 1.5 <== Multiple Script Insertion Vulnerability.
- QwikiWiki Web site: QwikiWiki.
- SourceForge.net: QwikiWiki.
- BID-17064: QwikiWiki Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-1196: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in QwikiWiki 1.5 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) from and (2) help parameters to (a) index.php; (3) action, (4) page, (5) debug, (6) help, (7) username, or (8) password parameters to (b) login.php; the (7) help parameter to (c) pageindex.php; or (8) help parameter to (d) recentchanges.php.
- OSVDB ID: 23786: QwikiWiki index.php Multiple Variable XSS
- OSVDB ID: 23787: QwikiWiki login.php Multiple Variable XSS
- OSVDB ID: 23788: QwikiWiki pageindex.php help Variable XSS
- OSVDB ID: 23789: QwikiWiki recentchanges.php help Variable XSS
- SA19182: QwikiWiki Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0910: QwikiWiki Multiple Parameter Handling Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Qwikiwiki Qwikiwiki 1.5
- Qwikiwiki Qwikiwiki 1.5.1
Reported:
Mar 10, 2006
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