Advanced Poll comments.php and page.php cross-site scripting
| advancedpoll-comments-page-xss (25677) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Advanced Poll is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the comments.php and page.php scripts. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the id parameter in the comments.php script or the poll_id parameter in the page.php script 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.
Platforms Affected:
- Chi Kien Uong, Advanced Poll 2.0.2
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Advanced Poll (2.0.4 or later), available from the Advanced Poll Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Advanced Poll Web site, Free php and perl scripts at http://proxy2.de/scripts.php.
- Silitix Security Advisory , Advanced Poll 2.02 - Injection SQL & XSS at http://ns79.hosteur.com/~secuti/advancedpoll.txt.
- CVE-2006-1617: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Advanced Poll 2.02 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) id parameter to comments.php or (2) poll_id parameter to page.php. NOTE: it is possible that this issue is resultant from CVE-2006-1616.
Reported:
Apr 01, 2006
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