H-Sphere mailman/massmail.html cross-site scripting
| hsphere-mailmanmassmail-xss (27381) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
H-Sphere is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the mailman/massmail.html script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the 'next_template', 'start', 'curr_menu_id', or the 'arid' 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.
Platforms Affected:
- Positive Software, H-Sphere 2.5.x and prior
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of H-Sphere (2.5.0 Patch 3 or later), available from the H-Sphere Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- H-Sphere Web site, H-Sphere hosting control panel- a multi-server web hosting solution at http://www.psoft.net/h_sphere2_info.html.
- UNSECURED SYSTEMS Tuesday, June 27, 2006, H-Sphere <=2.5.x XSS vuln. at http://pridels.blogspot.com/2006/06/h-sphere-25x-xss-vuln.html.
- BID-18677: H-Sphere Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-3278: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in H-Sphere 2.5.1 Beta 1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) next_template, (2) start, (3) curr_menu_id, and (4) arid parameters in psoft/servlet/resadmin/psoft.hsphere.CP when using the mailman/massmail.html template_name.
- OSVDB ID: 26863: H-Sphere psoft.hsphere.CP Multiple Variable XSS
- SA20798: H-Sphere Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-2550: H-Sphere Multiple Parameter Handling Client-Side Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Jun 27, 2006
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