LinksCaffe multiple cross-site scripting

linkscaffe-multiple-xss (27960) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

LinksCaffe is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the links.php script using the 'newdays' parameter, the counter.php script using the 'tablewidth' parameter, or the menu.inc.php script using the 'tableborder', 'menucolor', 'textcolor', or 'bodycolor' parameter. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability 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:

  • Gonafish, LinksCaffe 3.0 and prior

Remedy:

No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.

Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

  • BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Jul 25 2006 - 01:48:19 CDT , LinksCaffe 3.0 SQL injection/Command Execution Vulnerabilties at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-07/0443.html.
  • Gonafish.com Web site, LinksCaffe at http://gonafish.com/index.php?id=6.
  • BID-19149: LinksCaffe Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2006-3883: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Gonafish LinksCaffe 3.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the tablewidth parameter in (a) counter.php; (2) the newdays parameter in (b) links.php; and the (3) tableborder, (4) menucolor, (5) textcolor, and (6) bodycolor parameters in (c) menu.inc.php.
  • OSVDB ID: 27519: LinksCaffe counter.php tablewidth Variable XSS
  • OSVDB ID: 27520: LinksCaffe links.php newdays Variable XSS
  • OSVDB ID: 27521: LinksCaffe menu.inc.php Multiple Variable XSS
  • SA21212: LinksCaffe Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • SECTRACK ID: 1016584: LinksCaffe Input Validation Holes Permits Cross-Site Scripting, SQL Injection, and Command Execution
  • VUPEN/ADV-2006-2983: LinksCaffe Multiple Parameter SQL Injection and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Reported:

Jul 25, 2006

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