Flyspray item_summary cross-site scripting
| flyspray-itemsummary-xss (40963) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Flyspray is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the index.php when performing a details action. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the item_summary 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:
- Flyspray, Flyspray 0.9.9.4
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Flyspray (0.9.9.5 or later), available from the Flyspray Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Flyspray Security Announcement 3, Flyspray Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities at http://flyspray.org/fsa:3.
- Flyspray Web site, Flyspray at http://flyspray.org/.
- BID-28076: Flyspray Multiple Information Disclosure, HTML Injection, and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-1165: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Flyspray 0.9.9 through 0.9.9.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) a forced SQL error message or (2) old_value and new_value database fields in task summaries, related to the item_summary parameter in a details action in index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
- SA29215: Flyspray Cross-Site Scripting and User Enumeration
Reported:
Mar 03, 2008
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