CS-Forum read.php and ajouter.php cross-site scripting
| csforum-read-ajouter-xss (27175) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
CS-Forum is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the read.php and ajouter.php scripts. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using various parameters 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 CS-Forum (0.82 or later), available from the ComScripts.com Web site. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sun Jun 11 2006 - 12:30:37 CDT: CS-Forum <= 0.81 Cross Site Scripting, SQL Injection, Full Path Disclosure.
- ComScripts.com Web site: CS-Forum.
- CVE-2006-3169: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in CS-Forum 0.81 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) msg_result and (2) rep_titre parameters in (a) read.php; and the (3) id and (4) parent parameters and (5) CSForum_nom, (6) CSForum_mail, and (7) CSForum_url cookie parameters in (b) ajouter.php.
- OSVDB ID: 26379: CS-Forum read.php Multiple Variable XSS
- OSVDB ID: 26380: CS-Forum ajouter.php Multiple Variable XSS
- SA20534: CS-Forum Multiple Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-2314: CS-Forum Multiple Parameter SQL Injection and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Visialis CS-Forum 0.81
Reported:
Jun 11, 2006
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