TorrentFlux admin.php cross-site scripting

torrentflux-admin-xss (29374) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

TorrentFlux is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the admin.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the user-agent 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.

*CVSS:

Base Score: 2.8
  Access Vector: Remote
  Access Complexity: High
  Authentication: Not Required
  Confidentiality Impact: Partial
  Integrity Impact: None
  Availability Impact: None
 
Temporal Score: 2.7
  Exploitability: High
  Remediation Level: Unavailable
  Report Confidence: Uncorroborated

Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of TorrentFlux (2.2 or later), available from the TorrentFlux Web site. See References.

References:

  • BugTraq Mailing List, Thu Oct 05 2006 - 20:30:33 CDT : TorrentFlux User-Agent XSS Vulnerability.
  • TorrentFlux Web site: TorrentFlux.
  • BID-20371: TorrentFlux Admin.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
  • BID-20579: TorrentFlux Admin.PHP Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2006-5227: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin.php in TorrentFlux 2.1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the $user_agent variable, probably obtained from the User-Agent HTTP header, and possibly (2) the $ip_resolved variable.
  • SA22293: TorrentFlux "User-Agent" HTTP Header Script Insertion
  • SECTRACK ID: 1017007: TorrentFlux Missing Input Validation in HTTP User-Agent Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks

Platforms Affected:

  • TorrentFlux TorrentFlux 2.1

Reported:

Oct 05, 2006

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