JAB Guest Book pbguestbook.php cross-site scripting
| jabguestbook-pbguestbook-xss (30718) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
JAB Guest Book is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the pbguestbook.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the topic, author, or message 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.
Platforms Affected:
- JAB, JAB Guest Book
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Dec 04 2006 - 10:20:37 CST , XSS in JAB Guest Book at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-12/0060.html.
- JAB Web Resources & Free Scripts, JAB Guest Book at http://jab.poundingbeats.com/forum.php?do=forumpost&topic=9.
- BID-21429: JAB Guest Book HTML Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-6371: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in pbguestbook.php in JAB Guest Book allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the author parameter.
- CVE-2006-6372: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in pbguestbook.php in JAB Guest Book 20061205 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) topic or (2) message parameter. NOTE: The provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
- SA23216: JAB Guest Book PHP Command Injection Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Dec 04, 2006
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