ACP3 index.php and download.php cross-site scripting

acp3-index-download-xss (34110) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

ACP3 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the index.php and download.php scripts. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using various parameters 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:

  • ACP3, ACP3 4.0b3 and prior

Remedy:

No remedy available as of August 30, 2008.

Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

  • ACP3 Web site, ACP3 at http://acp3.goratsch-webdesign.de/pages/list/id_19/. (Web site is in German)
  • BugTraq Mailing List, Sat May 05 2007 - 11:50:06 CDT , ACP3 (v4.0b3) - Multiple Vulnerabilities at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-05/0060.html.
  • BID-23834: ACP3 Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2007-2578: Unspecified vulnerability in search/list/action_search/index.php in ACP3 4.0 beta 3 allows remote attackers to have unknown impact, relating to Cookie Manipulation, via the form[search_term] parameter.
  • CVE-2007-2579: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in ACP3 4.0 beta 3 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the form[mail] parameter to contact/contact/index.php; the (2) form[mods][] or (3) form[search_term] parameter to search/list/action_search/index.php; (4) the id parameter to modules/dl/download.php; (5) the form[cat] parameter to news/list/index.php; the (6) form[cat], (7) form[name], or (8) form[message] parameter to certain news/details/id_*/action_create/index.php files; or (9) the form[mail] parameter to newsletter/create/index.php.
  • OSVDB ID: 36188: ACP3 contact/contact/index.php form[mail] Variable XSS
  • OSVDB ID: 36189: ACP3 search/list/action_search/index.php Multiple Variable XSS
  • OSVDB ID: 36190: ACP3 modules/dl/download.php id Variable XSS
  • OSVDB ID: 36191: ACP3 news/list/index.php form[cat] Variable XSS
  • OSVDB ID: 36192: ACP3 news/details/id_*/action_create/index.php Multiple Variable XSS
  • OSVDB ID: 36193: ACP3 newsletter/create/index.php form[mail] Variable XSS

Reported:

May 05, 2007

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