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Linksys Internet Video Camera Products "next_file" Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA11881
Release Date: 2004-06-17
Last Update: 2005-12-28
Popularity: 6,406 views

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

OS:Linksys WVC11B Wireless-B Internet Video Camera 2.x
Linksys WVC54G Wireless-G Internet Video Camera

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Linksys Internet Video Camera products, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.

User input passed to the "next_file" parameter in "main.cgi" in the web interface isn't sanitised sufficiently before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML or script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site by tricking the user into visiting a malicious website or follow a specially crafted link.

The vulnerability has been reported in the following products:
* Linksys WVC11B Wireless-B Internet Video Camera (firmware release 2.10)
* Linksys WVC54G Wireless-G Internet Video Camera (firmware releases 1.25, 2.07, and 2.13)

Solution:
Filter malicious characters and character sequences in a proxy or firewall with URL filtering capabilities.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Originally reported in Linksys WVC11B Wireless-B Internet Video Camera by scriptX.

Reported in Linksys WVC54G Wireless-G Internet Video Camera by Jaime Blasco Bermejo.

Changelog:
2005-12-28: Added Linksys WVC54G Wireless-G Internet Video Camera as affected based on information provided by Jaime Blasco Bermejo. Updated "Description" section.


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