QuizShock auth.php cross-site scripting
| quizshock-auth-xss (33523) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
QuizShock is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the auth.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the forward_to 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:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sat Apr 07 2007 - 23:35:26 CDT : QuizShock 1.6.1 - Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability.
- Offensive Security Exploit Database [12-31-2009]: QuizShock v1.5.5 XSS Vulnerability .
- Pineapple Technologies Web site: QuizShock.
- BID-23368: QuizShock Auth.PHP HTML Injection Vulnerability
- BID-37552: RETIRED: QuizShock 'auth.php' Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-1905: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in auth.php in Pineapple Technologies QuizShock 1.6.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via encoded special characters in the forward_to parameter, as demonstrated using <"<.
- SA24831: QuizShock "forward_to" Cross-Site Scripting
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-1319: QuizShock forward_to Parameter Handling Client-Side Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Pineapple Technologies QuizShock 1.6.1
Reported:
Apr 07, 2007
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