FeedReader3 RSS feed cross-site scripting
| feedreader3-rssfeed-xss (36863) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
FeedReader3 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input when processing RSS feeds. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious script into an RSS feed 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:
- i-Systems, FeedReader3
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of FeedReader3 (3.11 or later), available from the FeedReader3 Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Sep 28 2007 - 08:02:28 CDT, feedreader3 has XSS vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-09/0401.html.
- FeedReader3 Web site, FeedReader3 at http://www.feedreader.com/?fromfr.
- BID-25849: i-Systems Inc. Feedreader3 RSS Feed HTML-Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-5161: Cross-zone scripting vulnerability in the internal browser in i-Systems Feedreader 3.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via an item in a feed, as demonstrated by a WordPress blog update. NOTE: this was originally reported as XSS.
- SA26996: FeedReader RSS Feed Item "description" Script Insertion
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-3316: FeedReader RSS Feed Handling Client-Side Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Reported:
Sep 28, 2007
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