Virtual War (Vwar) war.php cross-site scripting
| virtualwar-war-xss (28200) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Virtual War (Vwar) is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied by the input war.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using page parameter in a specially-crafted URL to execute script in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the URL is clicked. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Platforms Affected:
- PHPNUKE-CLAN.COM, Virtual War (Vwar) 1.5.0 and prior
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Aug 03 2006 - 01:16:55 CDT, Vwar v1.5.0 <= Sql Injection and XSS vuln. at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-08/0 057.html.
- Vwar-Virtual War Web site, Virtual War at http://www.vwar.de/.
- BID-19327: VWar Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-4009: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in war.php in Virtual War (Vwar) 1.5.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the page parameter.
Reported:
Aug 03, 2006
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