Jaws magpie_slashbox.php cross-site scripting

jaws-magpieslashbox-xss (27337) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium 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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