PhpGedView ancestry.php and timeline.php cross-site scripting
| phpgedview-ancestry-timeline-xss (36720) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
PhpGedView is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the timeline.php script using the newpid parameter and the ancestry.php script using the box_width, PEDIGREE_GENERATIONS, or rootid 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.
Platforms Affected:
- Debian, Debian Linux 4.0
- John Finlay, PhpGedView 4.1.1 and prior
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of PhpGedView (4.1.5 or later), available from the PhpGedView Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- PhpGedView Web Site, PhpGedView News - Online genealogy at its best at http://www.phpgedview.net.
- BID-25756: PhpGedView Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-5051: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in PhpGedView 4.1.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) box_width, (2) PEDIGREE_GENERATIONS, and (3) rootid parameters in ancestry.php, and the (4) newpid parameter in timeline.php. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
- DSA-1559: phpgedview -- insufficient input sanitising
- SA26922: PhpGedView Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Sep 21, 2007
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