ShoutBOOK global.php cross-site scripting
| shoutbook-global-xss (25862) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
ShoutBOOK is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the global.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability when posting a message using the 'name', 'comments', 'location' or 'url' 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:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Apr 17 2006 - 05:07:46 CDT: ShoutBOOK <= 1.1 XSS.
- ShoutBOOK Web site: ShoutBOOK.
- BID-17548: ShoutBOOK Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-1842: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in global.php in ShoutBOOK 1.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) NAME and (2) COMMENTS parameters.
- CVE-2006-1843: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in global.php in ShoutBOOK 1.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) LOCATION and (2) URL parameters. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
- SA19704: ShoutBOOK Multiple Script Insertion Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1015958: ShoutBOOK Input Validation Bug in Name and Comments Fields Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-1385: ShoutBOOK Multiple Parameter Handling Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- ShoutBOOK ShoutBOOK 1.1
Reported:
Apr 16, 2006
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