ILIAS mail and forum message cross-site scripting
| ilias-mail-forum-xss (38171) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
ILIAS is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input when creating a forum message or sending email. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary HTML attributes 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:
- ILIAS, ILIAS 3.8.3 and prior
Remedy:
Apply patch (3.8.3 stable), available from the ILIAS Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue Oct 30 2007 - 16:14:33 CDT, ILIAS <= 3.8.3 Cross Site Scripting at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-10/0442.html.
- ILIAS Web site, 3.8.3 (stable) Roadmap and Releases at http://www.ilias.de/docu/goto.php?target=pg_16836_35&client_id=docu.
- BID-26264: ILIAS Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-5806: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Services/Utilities/classes/class.ilUtil.php in ILIAS 3.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via attributes inside a domain-name string in the (1) mailing or (2) forum component, as demonstrated using the style and onmouseover HTML attributes.
- SA27457: ILIAS Mail and Forum Message URL Script Insertion
Reported:
Oct 30, 2007
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