Sage extension for Mozilla Firefox RSS feed img tag cross-site scripting
| sage-img-xss (30179) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Sage extension for Mozilla Firefox is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input when processing RSS feeds. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using an HTML img tag to inject malicious script into an RSS feed 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: | 4 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Sage (1.3.9 or later), available from the Sage Web site. See References.
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Wed Nov 08 2006 - 18:18:57 CST: RSS Injection in Sage part 2.
- BID-21164: Sage IMG Element Input Validation Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-6919: Firefox Sage extension 1.3.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Javascript in the local context via an RSS feed with an img tag containing the script followed by an extra trailing >, which Sage modifies to close the img element before the malicious script.
- OSVDB ID: 30268: Sage Extension for Mozilla Firefox Feed img Tag XSS
- SA22809: Firefox Sage Extension Feed Script Insertion Vulnerabilities
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-4426: Sage Extension for Firefox img Tag Handling Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Mozilla Sage Extension for Firefox 1.3.8
Reported:
Nov 09, 2006
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