Cross site scripting in toendaCMS 1.5.3
security advisory
References:
http://www.toendacms.com/
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1872
Description:
Cross site scripting describes attacks that allow to insert malicious
html or javascript code via get or post forms. This can be used to steal
session cookies.
toendacms is a content management system. The search function can be used
to inject javascript code.
Workaround/Fix:
There's no vendor fix.
Vendor has been contacted 2007-03-11 and replied that they were working on
the issue.
Sample Code:
<form action="http://toendainstallation/"; method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="searchword" value='"><script>alert(1)</script>'>
<input type="hidden" name="id" value="search">
<input type="submit"></form>
CVE Information:
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned the
name CVE-2007-1872 to this issue. This is a candidate for inclusion in
the CVE list (http://cve.mitre.org/), which standardizes names for
security problems.
Credits and copyright:
This vulnerability was discovered by Hanno Boeck of schokokeks.org
webhosting.
It's licensed creative commons attribution:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Hanno Boeck, 2007-04-12, http://www.hboeck.de
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