CodeAvalanche News admin/add_news.asp cross-site scripting
| canews-addnews-xss (26587) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
CodeAvalanche News is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the admin/add_news.asp script. 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:
- CodeAvalanche, CodeAvalanche News 1.2
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- CodeAvalanche News Web site, CodeAvalanche News at http://www.truecontent.info/codeavalanche/asp-news-publishing-script.php.
- Colander Security Group Advisory - May 18, 2006, CANews Remote Multiple Vulnerability at http://colander.altervista.org/advisory/CANews.txt.
- BID-18032: CodeAvalanche News Add_News.ASP HTML Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-2500: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in add_news.asp in CodeAvalanche News (CANews) 1.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Headline field. NOTE: if this issue is limited to administrators, and if it is expected behavior for administrators to be able to generate HTML, then this is not a vulnerability.
- OSVDB ID: 25653: CodeAvalanche News add_news.asp Headline Field XSS
- SA20171: CodeAvalanche News SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-1870: CodeAvalanche News password Variable Handling SQL Injection Vulnerability
Reported:
May 18, 2006
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