Chipmunk CMS forumid parameter cross-site scripting
| chipmunkcms-forumid-xss (26873) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Chipmunk CMS is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the index.php, newtopic.php, reply.php and edit.php scripts. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the 'forumID' 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.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 2.8 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 2.7 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sat May 27 2006 - 15:01:45 CDT : Multiple Xss exploits in Chipmunk Board.
- Chipmunk PHP Web site: Chipmunk PHP Scripts - Free CMS Scripts.
- BID-18118: Chipmunk Guestbook Index.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-2757: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Chipmunk guestbook allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) start parameter in (a) index.php; (2) forumID parameter in index.php, (b) newtopic.php, and (c) reply.php; and (3) ID parameter to (d) edit.php.
- SECTRACK ID: 1016182: Chipmunk CMS Missing Input Validation in `forumID` Parameter Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Platforms Affected:
- Chipmunk Scripts Chipmunk CMS 1.3
Reported:
May 27, 2006
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