Unobtrusive Ajax Star Rating Bar db.php CRLF injection

unobtrusive-ajax-db-crlf-injection (35329)

Medium Risk

Description:

Unobtrusive Ajax Star Rating Bar is vulnerable to CRLF injection, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the db.php script. A remote attacker could inject arbitrary HTTP headers using the HTTP_REFERER variable containing CRLF character sequences, which will allow the attacker to conduct various attacks against the vulnerable system, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning or session hijacking.

*CVSS:

Base Score:	5.6
Access Vector:	Remote
Access Complexity:	High
Authentication:	Not Required
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial
Temporal Score:	3.9
Exploitability:	Unproven
Remediation Level:	Official-Fix
Report Confidence:	Uncorroborated

Consequences:

Gain Access

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of Unobtrusive Ajax Star Rating Bar (1.2.0 or later), available from the Masuga Design Web site. See References.

References:

• CIRT-200701: Unobtrusive Ajax Star Rating Bar (SQL Injection).
• CIRT-200701: Unobtrusive Ajax Star Rating Bar (CRLF Injection).
• Masuga Design Web site: Unobtrusive Ajax Star Rating Bar.
• BID-24840: Unobtrusive AJAX Star Rating Bar Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
• CVE-2007-3686: CRLF injection vulnerability in db.php in Unobtrusive Ajax Star Rating Bar before 1.2.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and data via CRLF sequences in the HTTP_REFERER parameter.
• OSVDB ID: 35936: Unobtrusive Ajax Star Rating Bar db.php HTTP_REFERER CRLF Injection
• SA25985: Unobtrusive AJAX Star Rating Bar Multiple Vulnerabilities

Platforms Affected:

• Masuga Designs Unobtrusive Ajax Star Rating Bar 1.1.0

Reported:

Jul 09, 2007

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