TP-Book guestbook.php cross-site scripting
| tpbook-guestbook-xss (27964) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
TP-Book 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 'name' 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: | 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 TP-Book (1.0.2 or later), available from the TP-Book Web site. See References.
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Tue Jul 25 2006 - 15:07:33 CDT: TP-Book <= 1.00 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities.
- tobias.kloy Web site: Tobias Kloy's Home Page.
- BID-19159: TP Book Guestbook.PHP HTML Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-3900: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in guestbook.php in TP-Book 1.00 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name parameter.
- SA21205: TP-Book Script Insertion Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1016583: TP-Book Input Validation Hole Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-2980: TP-Book name Parameter Handling Client-Side Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- TP-Book TP-Book 1.0 and prior
Reported:
Jul 25, 2006
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