Flatnux multiple cross-site scripting
| flatnux-multiple-xss (47369) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Flatnux is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the photo.php and index.php scripts. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the mod, foto, or name 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: | 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.
- BID-32826: Flatnux 'index.php' HTML Injection Vulnerability
- BID-32828: Flatnux 'photo.php' Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-5761: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in FlatnuX CMS (aka Flatnuke3) 2008-12-11 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the mod parameter to the default URI; (2) the foto parameter to photo.php in the 05_Foto module; or (3) the name parameter in an insertrecord action to index.php in the 08_Files module, as demonstrated by injection within a SRC attribute of an IFRAME element.
- OSVDB ID: 50749: FlatnuX CMS sections/05_Foto/photo.php foto Parameter XSS
- OSVDB ID: 51073: FlatnuX CMS URI mod Parameter XSS
- SA33175: FlatnuX CMS Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- Flatnux Flatnux
Reported:
Dec 14, 2008
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