Manila multiple cross-site scripting
| manila-multiple-xss (25753) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Manila is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the 'newsItems/viewDepartment' function and by the 'discuss/msgReader', 'sendMail', and 'editInBrowser' modules. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability 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:
- UserLand Software, Manila 9.5
Remedy:
No remedy available as of November 29, 2008.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Apr 14 2006 - 16:18:08 CDT, manila.userland cross site scriptable at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-04/0308.html.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Apr 11 2006 - 16:19:26 CDT, Manila <= 9.5 - XSS Vulnerabilities at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-04/0210.html.
- UserLand's Manila Web site, Manila at http://manila.userland.com/.
- BID-17475: Manila Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- BID-17563: Manila Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- BID-17565: Manila EditInBrowser Module HTML Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-1769: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in UserLand Manila 9.5 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the mode parameter in msgReader$1 and (2) the end of the URI in viewDepartment$.
- CVE-2006-1903: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in UserLand Manila allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML (1) via the referer parameter in sendMail, and via attributes of (2) the A element and certain other HTML elements in web pages edited with the editInBrowser module. NOTE: the msgReader$1 mode attack vector is already covered by CVE-2006-1769.
- OSVDB ID: 24554: Manila msgReader mode Variable XSS
- SA19636: Manila Cross-Site Scripting and Script Insertion
Reported:
Apr 11, 2006
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