Pro Chat Rooms sendData.php cross-site request forgery
| prochatrooms-senddata-csrf (47242) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Pro Chat Rooms is vulnerable to cross-site request forgery, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the sendData.php script. By persuading an authenticated user to visit a malicious Web site, a remote attacker could send a specially-crafted HTTP request using the avatar parameter to send messages to another user and perform other arbitrary tasks. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to perform cross-site scripting attacks, Web cache poisoning, and other malicious activities.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 3.5 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 3.3 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of May 1, 2013.
References:
- Pro Chat Rooms Web site: Pro Chat Rooms.
- BID-32758: Pro Chat Rooms 'gud' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-6502: Directory traversal vulnerability in Pro Chat Rooms 3.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to select an arbitrary local PHP script as an avatar via a .. (dot dot) in the avatar parameter, and cause other users to execute this script by using sendData.php to send a message to (1) an individual user or (2) a room, leading to cross-site request forgery (CSRF), cross-site scripting (XSS), or other impacts.
- OSVDB ID: 50697: Pro Chat Rooms sendData.php avatar Parameter Traversal CSRF
- SA33088: Pro Chat Rooms Cross-Site Scripting and Script Insertion
Platforms Affected:
- Pro Chat Rooms Pro Chat Rooms 3.0.2
Reported:
Dec 10, 2008
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