ADP Forum message subject cross-site scripting
| adp-forum-subject-xss (25189) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
ADP Forum is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input passed to the "subject" field when posting a new message. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability 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:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- ADP Forum Web site: VzWeb - Linux PHP MySQL.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Mar 09 2006 - 08:21:15 CST : ADP Forum 2.0.* script injection .
- BID-17047: ADP Forum Subject Field HTML Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-1157: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Vz Scripts ADP Forum 2.0.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Subject field (possibly messaggio parameter) when posting a new message in post.php.
- OSVDB ID: 23961: Vz (Adp) Forum Post Subject Field XSS
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0901: ADP Forum messaggio Parameter Handling Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- VzWeb ADP Forum 2.0
- VzWeb ADP Forum 2.0.1
- VzWeb ADP Forum 2.0.2
- VzWeb ADP Forum 2.0.3
Reported:
Mar 09, 2006
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