oe2edit "q" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA24919
Release Date: 2007-04-17
Last Update: 2007-04-18
Popularity: 3,623 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Cross Site Scripting
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:oe2edit

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-2085


Description:
David Vieira-Kurz has reported a vulnerability in oe2edit, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

Input passed to the "q" parameter in oe2edit.cgi is not properly sanitised before being returned to a user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.

Solution:
Edit the source code to ensure that input is properly sanitised.

Provided and/or discovered by:
David Vieira-Kurz

Changelog:
2007-04-18: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://www.majorsecurity.de/index_2.php?major_rls=major_rls45


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