NewsGator FeedDemon atom feed cross-site scripting
| feeddemon-atom-feed-xss (29047) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
NewsGator FeedDemon is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation in the processing of Atom feeds. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using an Atom feed to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
*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: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of NewsGator (2.0.0.25 or later), available from the NewsGator Web site. See References.
References:
- NewsGator Web site: NewsGator FeedDemon.
- BID-20114: NewsGator FeedDemon Active Script Code-Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-4710: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in NewsGator FeedDemon before 2.0.0.25 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an Atom 1.0 feed, as demonstrated by certain test cases of the James M. Snell Atom 1.0 feed reader test suite.
- SA21995: FeedDemon Atom Feed Script Insertion Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-3686: FeedDemon Atom Feed Handling Client-Side Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- NewsGator FeedDemon prior to 2.0.0.25
Reported:
Sep 19, 2006
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