Philip Chinery`s Guestbook Perl script allows cross-site scripting
| guestbook-pl-xss (8916) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Philip Chinery's Guestbook Perl script is vulnerable to cross-site scripting. A remote attacker could embed malicious JavaScript in the Name, EMail, or Homepage field in a guestbook entry, which would be executed in a victim's Web browser in the security context of the hosting site once the page is viewed.
Consequences:
Other
Remedy:
No remedy available as of June 1, 2013.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Sun Apr 21 2002 - 04:03:07 CDT: Philip Chinery's Guestbook 1.1 fails to filter out js/html.
- BID-4566: Philip Chinery's Guestbook Script Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-0730: Cross-site scripting vulnerability in guestbook.pl for Philip Chinery's Guestbook 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute Javascript or HTML via fields such as (1) Name, (2) EMail, or (3) Homepage.
- OSVDB ID: 8395: Gästebuch guestbook.pl Name Field XSS
- OSVDB ID: 8396: Gästebuch guestbook.pl EMail Field XSS
- OSVDB ID: 8397: Gästebuch guestbook.pl Homepage Field XSS
Platforms Affected:
- Philip Chinery Guestbook 1.1
Reported:
Apr 21, 2002
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