oBlog article.php cross-site scripting
| oblog-article-xss (54713) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
oBlog is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper validation of user-supplied input by the article.php script. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability using the commentName, commentEmail, commentWeb or commentText form fields to inject malicious script into a Web page 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: | 4.1 |
| Exploitability: | High |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of May 1, 2013.
References:
- dootzky Web site: oBlog.
- Packet Storm Web site: oBlog suffers from cross site scripting, cross site request forgery, and a lack of brute forcing protection.
- CVE-2009-4908: Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in oBlog allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) commentName, (2) commentEmail, (3) commentWeb, or (4) commentText parameter to article.php; and allow remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (5) article_id or (6) title parameter to admin/write.php, the (7) category_id or (8) category_name parameter to admin/groups.php, the (9) blogroll_id or (10) title parameter to admin/blogroll.php, or the (11) blog_name or (12) tag_line parameter to admin/settings.php.
- OSVDB ID: 60906: oBlog article.php Multiple Parameter XSS
- OSVDB ID: 65819: oBlog admin/write.php Multiple Parameter XSS
- OSVDB ID: 65820: oBlog admin/groups.php Multiple Parameter XSS
- OSVDB ID: 65821: oBlog admin/blogroll.php Multiple Parameter XSS
- OSVDB ID: 65822: oBlog admin/settings.php Multiple Parameter XSS
- SA37661: oBlog Multiple Vulnerabilities
Platforms Affected:
- dootzky oBlog
Reported:
Dec 10, 2009
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