aWebNews visview.php cross-site scripting
| awebnews-visview-xss (25589) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
aWebNews is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the visview.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the 'yname', 'emailadd', 'subject', or 'comment' 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:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- aWeb Labs Web site: aWebNews News and Comment Script.
- eVuln Advisory EV0116: aWebNews Multiple XSS and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities.
- CVE-2006-1612: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in visview.php in aWebNews 1.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) yname, (2) emailadd, (3) subject, and (4) comment parameters.
- OSVDB ID: 24333: aWebNews visview.php Multiple Variable XSS
- SA19487: aWebNews Multiple Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-1196: aWebNews Multiple Variable SQL Injection and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- aWeb Labs aWebNews 1.0
Reported:
Apr 01, 2006
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