Phaziz Guestbook multiple fields cross-site scripting

phazizguestbook-multiple-xss (27065) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Phaziz Guestbook is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input passed to the 'Name', 'Email', 'Text', or 'Website' form fields. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using HTML IMG tags 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 Phaziz Guestbook (2.1 or later), available from the Phaziz Guestbook Web site. See References.

References:

  • BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Jun 08 2006 - 16:49:05 CDT : phazizGuestbook v2.0 - XSS.
  • phaziz Web site: phaziz.com.
  • BID-18495: Phaziz Guestbook Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2006-2994: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in index.php in phazizGuestbook 2.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) name, (2) email, (3) url fields, and (4) text field (content parameter).
  • SA20615: phazizGuestbook Multiple Script Insertion Vulnerabilities
  • VUPEN/ADV-2006-2421: phazizGuestbook Multiple Parameter Handling Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Platforms Affected:

  • Christian Becher phazizGuestbook 2.0

Reported:

Jun 08, 2006

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