Matt Wright Guestbook guestbook.pl cross-site scripting
| guestbook-guestbook-parameters-xss (25697) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Matt Wright's Guestbook is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the guestbook.pl script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the realname, username, comments, URL, city, state or country 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 February 6, 2010.
References:
- Bugtraq Mailing List, Sat Apr 08 2006 - 08:33:09 CDT : Matt Wright Guestbook Xss Script Injection.
- MSA - Matt's Script Archive Web site: Guestbook.
- BID-17438: Matt Wright Guestbook Guestbook.PL Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-1697: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Matt Wright Guestbook 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) Your Name, (2) E-Mail, or (3) Comments fields when posting a message.
- CVE-2006-1698: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Matt Wright Guestbook 2.3.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) url, (2) city, (3) state, or (4) country parameters. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information, although it is likely that they are the result of post-disclosure analysis.
- OSVDB ID: 24479: Matt Wright Guestbook Multiple Field XSS
- SA19586: Matt Wright Guestbook Script Insertion Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-1287: Matt Wright Guestbook Multiple Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Matt Wright Guestbook 2.3.1
Reported:
Apr 08, 2006
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