Lightweight news portal show_photo.php and show_potd.php cross-site scripting
| lnp-showphoto-showpotd-xss (43224) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Lightweight news portal is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the show_photo.php and show_potd.php scripts. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the photo or potd 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.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 4.1 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of May 1, 2013.
References:
- Softpedia Web site: Lightweight news portal 1.0b.
- BID-29848: Lightweight news portal Multiple Input Validation and Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-7171: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Lightweight news portal (LNP) 1.0b allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) photo parameter to show_photo.php, (2) potd parameter to show_potd.php, or (3) the Current question field in a vote action to admin.php.
Platforms Affected:
- Lightweight news portal Lightweight news portal 1.0 beta
Reported:
Jun 20, 2008
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