LetterGrade email cross-site scripting
| lettergrade-email-xss (36599) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
LetterGrade is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using a student email address 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:
- Lettergrade, LetterGrade
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- LetterGrade Web site, LetterGrade at http://www.jasminetech.com/index_lg.php.
- BID-25662: LetterGrade Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- BID-25663: LetterGrade Email Address HTML Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-4945: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in LetterGrade allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) a student's email address, (2) the year parameter to genbrws/Student/cal_month.php3, and other unspecified vectors related to the calendar. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
- SA26768: LetterGrade Cross-Site Scripting and Script Insertion Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Sep 14, 2007
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