RSSOwl Atom feed cross-site scripting
| rssowl-atom-feed-xss (29049) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
RSSOwl is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation in the processing of Atom feeds. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a web feed to inject malicious script into a Web page which would be executed in the My Computer zone on the Microsoft Windows platform, 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 RSSOwl (1.2.3 or later), available from the RSSOwl Web site. See References.
References:
- RSSOwl Web site: RSSOwl- A Java RSS/RDF/Atom Newsreader.
- BID-20110: RSSOwl Atom Feed Script HTML Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-4760: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Benjamin Pasero and Tobias Eichert RSSOwl allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a web feed, as demonstrated by certain test cases of the Robert Auger and Caleb Sima RSS and Atom feed reader test suite.
- SA21958: RSSOwl Atom Feed Script Insertion Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-3685: RSSOwl Atom Feed Handling Script Insertion and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- rssowl.org RSSOwl 1.2.2 and prior
Reported:
Sep 19, 2006
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