MailScan for Mail Servers Web administration interface cross-site scripting
| mailscan-admininterface-xss (44517) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
MailScan for Mail Servers is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the Web administration interface. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using an unspecified 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:
- MicroWorld Technologies, MailScan 5.6.a espatch1
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Fri Aug 15 2008 - 05:26:07 CDT, MicroWorld MailScan - Multiple Vulnerabilities within Admin-Webinterface at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-08/att-0179/mailscan.txt.
- MicroWorld Web site, MailScan für Mailserver at http://www.microworld.de/.
- BID-30700: MicroWorld Technologies MailScan Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-3726: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Web Based Administration in MicroWorld Technologies MailScan 5.6.a espatch 1 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the URI.
- SA31534: MailScan for Mail Servers Web Administration Interface Multiple Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Aug 15, 2008
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