Novell Swamp login page cross-site scripting
| novell-swamp-login-xss (37399) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Novell OpenSUSE Workflow Administration and Management Platform is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the login page. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the login box 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:
- Novell, OpenSUSE SWAMP Workflow Administration Management
Remedy:
No remedy available as of November 29, 2008.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Oct 23 2007 - 19:02:01 CDT , Novell OpenSUSE SWAMP multiple XSS at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-10/0361.html.
- SWAMP Web site, SWAMP - Workflow Administration and Management Platform at http://en.opensuse.org/Swamp.
- BID-26198: SWAMP Login Pages Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-5702: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in swamp/action/LoginActions (aka the login box) in the Novell OpenSUSE SWAMP Workflow Administration and Management Platform 1.x allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the username parameter. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
- OSVDB ID: 38203: SWAMP swamp/action/LoginActions username Variable XSS
- SA27390: SWAMP "username" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Reported:
Oct 23, 2007
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