Utopia News Pro login.php cross-site scripting
| utopianewspro-login-xss (34902) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Utopia News Pro is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the login.php script. Under certain conditions, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the password field to inject malicious script into a Web page 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.
Platforms Affected:
- Utopia Software, Utopia News Pro 1.4.0
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Utopia News Pro (1.4.0 or later), available from the Utopia News Pro Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Sun Jun 17 2007 - 14:31:30 CDT, Utopia News Pro version 1.4.0 XSS Attack Vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2007-06/0370.html.
- Utopia News Pro Web site, Utopia Software - Download at http://www.utopiasoftware.net/newspro/download.php.
- Utopia News Pro Web site, Utopia Software at http://www.utopiasoftware.net/.
- BID-24506: Utopia News Pro Login.PHP Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-3129: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in login.php in Utopia News Pro 1.4.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the password parameter.
- FrSIRT/ADV-2007-2236: Utopia News Pro password Parameter Processing Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
- OSVDB ID: 34165: Utopia News Pro login.php password Variable XSS
- SA25702: Utopia News Pro "password" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Reported:
Jun 17, 2007
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