bcoos display.php cross-site scripting
| bcoos-display-xss (38734) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
bcoos is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the display.php script. If the Event Calendar module is installed, a remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the day, year, or month 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:
- bcoos, bcoos 1.0.10 and prior
Remedy:
No remedy available as of February 21, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- bcoos Web site, bcoos - Community Management System - News at http://www.bcoos.net/modules/news/.
- Lostmon Blogger, November 28, 2007, Bcoops SQL injection and Cross-site scripting at http://lostmon.blogspot.com/2007/11/bcoops-sql-injection-and-cross-site.html.
- BID-26629: bcoos Multiple SQL Injection and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2007-6274: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in modules/ecal/display.php in the Event Calendar in bcoos 1.0.10 and earlier allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) day or (2) year parameter.
- CVE-2007-6365: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in modules/ecal/display.php in the Event Calendar in bcoos 1.0.10 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the month parameter. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information. NOTE: the day and year vectors are covered by CVE-2007-6274.
- SA26945: bcoos Arcade "gid" SQL Injection Vulnerability
Reported:
Nov 28, 2007
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