JSPWiki multiple cross-site scripting

jspwiki-multiple-xss (36766) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

JSPWiki is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the NewGroup.jsp, Edit.jsp, Comment.jsp, UserPreferences.jsp, Diff.jsp, and PageInfo.jsp scripts. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using multiple 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:

  • Dan Johnsson, JSPWiki prior to 2.4.104
  • Dan Johnsson, JSPWiki prior to 2.5.139-b

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of JSPWiki (2.4.104, 2.5.139-b, or later), available from the JSPWiki Web site. See References.

Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

  • BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Sep 24 2007 - 19:42:40 CDT, JSPWiki Multiple Vulnerabilities at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-09/0325.html.
  • JSPWiki Web site, JSPWiki: Main at http://www.jspwiki.org/.
  • BID-25803: JSPWiki Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2007-5120: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in JSPWiki 2.4.103 and 2.5.139-beta allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) group and (2) members parameters in (a) NewGroup.jsp; the (3) edittime parameter in (b) Edit.jsp; the (4) edittime, (5) author, and (6) link parameters in (c) Comment.jsp; the (7) loginname, (8) wikiname, (9) fullname, and (10) email parameters in (d) UserPreferences.jsp and (e) Login.jsp; the (11) r1 and (12) r2 parameters in (f) Diff.jsp; and the (13) changenote parameter in (g) PageInfo.jsp.
  • SA26961: JSPWiki Multiple Vulnerabilities

Reported:

Sep 24, 2007

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