Flatnux index.php cross-site scripting
| flatnux-index-photo-xss (47367) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Flatnux is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the index.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to inject malicious script into a Web page via the 08_Files module, which would be executed in a victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting Web site, once the page is viewed. 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: | 3.7 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Flatnux (2009-02-03 or later), available from the Flatnux Web site. See References.
References:
- Flatnux Web site: Download.
- Flatnux Web site: Flatnux - Notizie.
- BID-32826: Flatnux 'index.php' HTML Injection Vulnerability
- BID-32828: Flatnux 'photo.php' Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-5759: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in FlatnuX CMS (aka Flatnuke3) 2008-12-11 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name parameter in an updaterecord action to index.php in the 08_Files module. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
- OSVDB ID: 50748: FlatnuX CMS index.php name Parameter XSS
- SA33175: FlatnuX CMS Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Flatnux Flatnux
Reported:
Dec 14, 2008
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