Portal Pack multiple scripts cross-site scripting
| portalpack-multiple-xss (25940) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Portal Pack is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the calendar/Visitor.cgi, news/NsVisitor.cgi, search/search.cgi and classifieds/viewcat.cgi scripts. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the 'sort_order', 'q' or 'cat_id' parameter 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 March 20, 2010.
References:
- KCScripts Web site: KCScripts.com portal software.
- UNSECURED SYSTEMS 20 april 2006: Portal Pack 6 XSS vuln..
- BID-17628: Portal Pack Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-1967: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in calendar/Visitor.cgi in KCScripts Calendar, distributed individually and as part of Portal Pack 6.0 and earlier, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the sort_order parameter.
- CVE-2006-1968: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in news/NsVisitor.cgi in KCScripts News Publisher, distributed individually and as part of Portal Pack 6.0 and earlier, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the sort_order parameter.
- CVE-2006-1969: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in search/search.cgi in an unspecified KCScripts script, probably Search Engine or Site Search, distributed individually and as part of Portal Pack 6.0 and earlier, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the q parameter.
- CVE-2006-1970: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in classifieds/viewcat.cgi in KCScripts Classifieds, distributed individually and as part of Portal Pack 6.0 and earlier, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the cat_id parameter.
- OSVDB ID: 24761: KCScripts Portal Pack calendar/Visitor.cgi sort_order Variable XSS
- OSVDB ID: 24762: KCScripts Portal Pack news/NsVisitor.cgi sort_order Variable XSS
- OSVDB ID: 24763: KCScripts Portal Pack search/search.cgi q Variable XSS
- OSVDB ID: 24764: KCScripts Portal Pack classifieds/viewcat.cgi cat_id Variable XSS
- SA19695: KCScripts Portal Pack Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-1440: KCScripts Portal Pack Multiple Variable Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- KCScripts.com Portal Pack 6.0 and prior
Reported:
Apr 20, 2006
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