Particle Wiki edit page cross-site scripting
| particlewiki-edit-xss (26952) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Particle Wiki is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input when editing a page. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using an IMG STYLE attribute within an HTML BR tag 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:
Upgrade to the latest version of Particle Wiki (1.0.3 or later), available from the Particle Wiki Web site. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Jun 05 2006 - 19:27:40 CDT: ParticleSoft Wiki v1.0.2.
- Particle Soft Web site: Particle Soft :: Particle Wiki.
- CVE-2006-2966: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Particle Soft Particle Wiki 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a BR element with an extraneous IMG tag and a STYLE attribute that contains /**/ comment sequences, which bypasses the XSS protection scheme.
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-2170: Particle Wiki page Parameter Handling Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Particle Soft Particle Wiki 1.0.2
Reported:
Jun 05, 2006
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