Jaws magpie_slashbox.php cross-site scripting
| jaws-magpieslashbox-xss (27337) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Jaws is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the magpie_slashbox.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using 'rss_url' 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: | 2.4 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Jaws (0.6.3 or later), available from the Jaws Web site. See References.
References:
- Jaws Web site: Jaws.
- BID-15555: BlogBuddies Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- BID-18665: Jaws Search Gadget Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2005-3955: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in MagpieRSS 7.1, as used in (a) blogBuddiesv 0.3, (b) Jaws 0.6.2, and possibly other products, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) url parameter to (a) magpie_debug.php and (2) rss_url parameter to (b) magpie_slashbox.php and (c) simple_smarty.php.
- OSVDB ID: 21112: MagpieRSS magpie_debug.php url Variable XSS
- OSVDB ID: 21113: MagpieRSS magpie_slashbox.php rss_url Variable XSS
- OSVDB ID: 21643: MagpieRSS simple_smarty.php rss_url Variable XSS
- SA17741: blogBuddies Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- SA20842: Jaws Cross-Site Scripting and SQL Injection
- SECTRACK ID: 1015264: blogBuddies Input Validation Holes Let Remote Users Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-2546: Jaws Multiple Parameter Handling SQL Injection and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Jaws Jaws 0.6.2
Reported:
Jun 23, 2006
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