ICQ Toolbar RSS feed cross-site scripting
| icq-toolbar-rss-feed-xss (28809) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
ICQ Toolbar for Microsoft Internet Explorer is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the RSS feed interface. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the title or description fields to inject malicious script into an RSS Feed which would be executed in a victim's Web browser, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to access and modify the configuration setting or steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials, if the attacker could convince the victim to visit a malicious Web site.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.2 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 4.2 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- CoreLabs Advisory CORE-2006-0322: Multiple vulnerabilities in ICQ Toolbar 1.3 for Internet Explorer.
- ICQ Toolbar Web site: ICQ Toolbar - ICQ Downloads - ICQ.com.
- BID-19900: ICQ Toolbar HTML Injection and Unauthorized Access Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2006-4660: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the RSS Feed module in AOL ICQ Toolbar 1.3 for Internet Explorer (toolbaru.dll) allow remote attackers to process arbitrary web script or HTML in the Feeds interface context via the (1) title and (2) description elements within an item element in an RSS feed.
- SA21809: ICQ Toolbar RSS Feeds Script Insertion Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-3528: ICQ Toolbar Configuration Manipulation and RSS Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- ICQ ICQ Toolbar for Internet Explorer 1.3
Reported:
Sep 06, 2006
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