webcheck content cross-site scripting
| webcheck-content-xss (25428) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
webcheck is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input when checking Web site content when crawling pages. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the url, title, or author name to execute script in the administrator'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:
- webcheck, webcheck 1.9.5
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of webcheck (1.9.6 or later), available from the webcheck Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- webcheck Web site, webcheck: website checker at http://ch.tudelft.nl/~arthur/webcheck/.
- webcheck: news, 2006-01-30 release 1.9.6 of webcheck (security update) at http://ch.tudelft.nl/~arthur/webcheck/news.html#20060130.
- BID-17212: Webcheck Username HTML Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-1321: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in webcheck before 1.9.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) url, (2) title, or (3) author name in a crawled page, which is not properly sanitized in the tooltips of a report.
- SA19309: webcheck Website Content Script Insertion Vulnerability
Reported:
Mar 23, 2006
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