ATutor registration.php POST request cross-site scripting
| atutor-registration-xss (27619) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
ATutor is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input when submitting an HTTP POST request to the registration.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the day, month, or year 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:
- ATutor, ATutor 1.5.3
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of ATutor (1.5.3 or later), available from the ATutor Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- ATutor - Web site, ATutor Learning Content Management System at http://atutor.ca/.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sat Jul 08 2006 - 07:44:23 CDT , ATutor 1.5.3 Cross Site Scripting at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-07/0096.html.
- CVE-2006-3821: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in ATutor 1.5.3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) lang parameter in (a) index_list.php and (2) year, (3) month, and (4) day parameter in (b) registration.php.
- OSVDB ID: 28186: ATutor registration.php Multiple Variable POST Method XSS
- OSVDB ID: 28187: ATutor index_list.php lang Variable XSS
- SA21008: ATutor Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Jul 08, 2006
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