Paypal Subscription Manager edit_member.php cross-site scripting

psm-editmember-xss (31618) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Paypal Subscription Manager is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the edit_member.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the Admin 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:

  • Easebay Resources, Paypal Subscription Manager

Remedy:

No remedy available as of June 27, 2009.

Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

  • BugTraq Mailing List, Sat Jan 20 2007 - 01:25:15 CST , Paypal Subscription Manager Multiple HTML Injections at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-01/0467.html.
  • Easebay Resources Web site, Welcome to Easebay Resources at http://www.easebayresources.com/.
  • BID-22141: Easebay Resources Paypal Subscription Manager Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2007-0402: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in admin/edit_member.php in Easebay Resources Paypal Subscription Manager allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the username parameter.

Reported:

Jan 20, 2007

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