Akiva WebBoard profile page cross-site scripting
| webboard-profile-page-xss (41969) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Akiva WebBoard is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input when updating the profile page. A remote authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability using form field parameters 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 malicious profile data is viewed. An attacker could use this vulnerability to steal the victim's cookie-based authentication credentials.
Platforms Affected:
- Akiva, WebBoard 8.0
Remedy:
No remedy available as of November 22, 2008.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- AKIVA Web site, AKIVA - Products | WebBoard at http://www.akiva.com/Products_WB.htm.
- BID-28895: Akiva WebBoard HTML Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-1941: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the profile update feature in Akiva WebBoard 8.0 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors in the form field. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
- SA29091: Akiva WebBoard Script Insertion Vulnerability
Reported:
Apr 23, 2008
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