osDate txtcomment parameter cross-site scripting
| osdate-txtcomment-xss (27814) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
osDate is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the showprofile.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using HTML IMG tags in the 'txtcomment' parameter to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, allowing the attacker to deface a victim's profile or steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5.6 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 4.1 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of osDate (1.1.8 or later), available from the osDate Web site. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Jul 17 2006 - 02:35:39 CDT: osDate 1.1.7 multiple vulnerabilities.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sat Aug 12 2006 - 22:56:10 CDT: osDate 1.1.8 - Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerability - fixed.
- osDate Web site: osDate.
- BID-19034: OSDate Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-3767: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in showprofile.php in Darren's $5 Script Archive osDate 1.1.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the onerror attribute in an HTML IMG tag with a non-existent source file in txtcomment parameter, which is used when posting a comment.
- SA21103: osDate "txtcomment" Script Insertion Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1016700: osDate Input Validation Hole Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks and Ratings Inflation
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-2864: osDate txtcomment Parameter Handling Client-Side Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- osDate osDate 1.1.7
Reported:
Jul 17, 2006
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