Open Guestbook header.php cross-site scripting
| open-guestbook-header-xss (27397) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Open Guestbook is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the header.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the 'title' 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.
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sun Jun 25 2006 - 02:07:33 CDT : OpenGuestbook Cross Site Scripting & SQL Injection.
- SourceForge.net: Open Guestbook.
- BID-18666: OpenGuestbook Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-3295: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in header.php in Open Guestbook 0.5 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the title parameter.
- SA20796: Open Guestbook Cross-Site Scripting and SQL Injection
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-2545: Open Guestbook Multiple Variable SQL Injection and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Open Guestbook Open Guestbook 0.5
Reported:
Jun 25, 2006
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