WWWThreads calendar.php cross-site scripting
| wwwthreads-calendar-xss (27997) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
WWWThreads is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the calendar.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the 'week' 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:
- WWWThreads, WWWThreads
Remedy:
No remedy available as of June 27, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Jul 25 2006 - 17:22:54 CDT , wwwThreads XSS at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-07/0457.html.
- WWWThreads Web site, WWWThreads Community Forums-The Best Free Discussion Board, Online Forum! at http://www.wwwthreads.com/.
- BID-19177: wwwThreads Calendar.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-3909: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in calendar.php in WWWthreads allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the week parameter.
- OSVDB ID: 27542: WWWthreads calendar.php week Variable XSS
- SA21221: WWWthreads "week" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-3005: WWWthreads week Parameter Handling Client-Side Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Reported:
Jul 25, 2006
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