Fantastic GuestBook guestbook.php cross-site scripting
| fantastic-guestbook-guestbook-xss (27697) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Fantastic GuestBook is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the guestbook.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the 'first_name', 'last_name', or 'nickname' form field 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: | 2.3 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Jul 11 2006 - 14:13:16 CDT: Fantastic Guestbook v2.0.1 Advisory.
- Fantastic Guestbook v2.0.1 Advisory: Fantastic GB Remote XSS Attack .
- Fantastic Scripts Web site: Fantastic Scripts.
- BID-18942: Fantastic GuestBook GuestBook.PHP HTML Injection Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-3568: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in guestbook.php in Fantastic Guestbook 2.0.1, and possibly earlier versions, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) first_name, (2) last_name, or (3) nickname parameters.
- OSVDB ID: 27107: Fantastic Guestbook guestbook.php Multiple Field XSS
- SA21024: Fantastic Guestbook guestbook.php Script Insertion
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-2762: Fantastic Guestbook Multiple Variable Handling Client-Side Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Fantastic Scripts Fantastic Guestbook 2.0.1
Reported:
Jul 11, 2006
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