MoniWiki wiki.php cross-site scripting
| moniwiki-wiki-url-xss (27491) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
MoniWiki is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could send a specially-crafted URL request to the wiki.php script 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 MoniWiki (1.1.2 or later), available from the MoniWiki Web site. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Jun 30 2006 - 10:27:31 CDT : [Kil13r-SA-20060701-2] MoniWiki 1.1.1 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability.
- MoniWiki Web page: MoniWiki.
- BID-11516: MoniWiki Wiki.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-3399: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in wiki.php in MoniWiki before 1.1.2-20060702 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary Javascript via the URL, which is reflected back in an error message, a variant of CVE-2004-1632.
- OSVDB ID: 26958: MoniWiki wiki.php XSS
- SA20909: MoniWiki "wiki.php" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-2631: MoniWiki wiki.php URL Handling Client-Side Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- MoniWiki MoniWiki 1.1.1
Reported:
Jun 30, 2006
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