boastMachine $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"] cross-site scripting
| boastmachine-phpself-xss (26518) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
boastMachine is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the admin.php and index.php scripts. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"] form action variable 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:
- Boastology, boastMachine 3.1 and prior
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- boastology.com, boastMachine :: Blogging platform (php/mysql) at http://boastology.com/.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue May 16 2006 - 22:01:55 CDT, Boastmachine Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-05/0338.html.
- BID-18012: BoastMachine Admin.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-2491: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in (1) index.php and (2) bmc/admin.php in BoastMachine (bMachine) 3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string, which is not properly filtered when it is accessed using the $_SERVER[PHP_SELF] variable.
- OSVDB ID: 25617: boastMachine admin.php Form Action XSS
- OSVDB ID: 25618: boastMachine index.php Form Action XSS
- SA20149: BoastMachine Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-1853: BoastMachine PHP_SELF Variable Handling Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Reported:
May 16, 2006
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