shoutBOX $site variable could allow HTML injection
| shoutbox-site-html-injection (9739) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
shoutBOX, maintained by Entity.Community, is vulnerable to HTML injection. The $site variable, which holds the URL of the user's Web site does not properly filter HTML tags. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by embedding malicious HTML script code, which would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site, once an affected page is visited.
Platforms Affected:
- Endity, shoutBOX 1.2
Remedy:
No remedy available as of November 22, 2008.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Jul 29 2002 - 18:52:30 CDT, Code injection Vulnerability in endity.com's shoutBOX at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0389.html.
- endity Web site, endityDOTcom <<>> enter forums¿ at http://www.endity.com/.
- BID-5354: ShoutBox Form Field HTML Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2002-1429: Cross-site scripting vulnerability in board.php of endity.com ShoutBOX allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTML into the shoutbox page via the site parameter.
Reported:
Jul 29, 2002
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