ReloadCMS User-Agent header cross-site scripting
| reloadcms-useragent-xss (25604) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
ReloadCMS is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input passed to the HTTP 'User-Agent' header. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a specially-crafted HTTP request to execute script in an administrator's Web browser when the administrator views the site statistics, 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:
- ReloadCMS Web site: ReloadCMS.
- SourceForge.net: ReloadCMS.
- BID-17353: ReloadCMS User-Agent HTML Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-1645: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Anton Vlasov and Rostislav Gaitkuloff ReloadCMS 1.2.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML and gain leverage to execute arbitrary PHP code via the User-Agent HTTP header, which is displayed by admin/modules/general/statistic.php in the administration panel.
- OSVDB ID: 24327: ReloadCMS Statistics User-Agent XSS
- SA19470: ReloadCMS Statistics Script Insertion Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-1193: ReloadCMS Statistics Module User-Agent Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- ReloadCMS ReloadCMS 1.2.5
Reported:
Apr 02, 2006
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