news-tnk metacharacters in "Web" input allows cross-site scripting
| newstnk-web-xss (8477) |  High Risk |
Description:
news-tnk is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting attack. A vulnerability regarding the lack of metacharacter filtering in user-supplied input could allow a remote attacker to submit a specially-crafted "Web" field containing metacharacters and arbitrary code. The code would be executed on the system when a visitor browses the malicious news message page.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of news-tnk (1.2.2 or later), available from the Linux-Sottises Web site. See References.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sat Mar 16 2002 - 19:01:36 CST: [ARL02-A10] News-TNK Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability.
- Linux-Sottises Web site: Software Linux-sottises.
- BID-14145: News-TNK Unspecified Security Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-0458: Cross-site scripting vulnerability in News-TNK 1.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Javascript via the WEB parameter.
- OSVDB ID: 9278: News-TNK WEB Parameter XSS
Platforms Affected:
- Linux-sottises news-tnk 1.2.1
Reported:
Mar 17, 2002
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