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Mailman Cross Site Scripting
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA7949
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Release Date:
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2003-01-27
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Last Update:
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2003-01-28
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Popularity:
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6,130 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Cross Site Scripting
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Mailman 2.x
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Description:
Mailman does not handle certain input correctly, this allows users to perform Cross Site Scripting.
http://server/mailman/options/yourlist?
language=en&email=<SCRIPT>alert('test')</SCRIPT>
http://server//mailman/options/yourlist?
language=<SCRIPT>alert('test')</SCRIPT>
This has only been confirmed in version 2.1
Solution:
You ought to disable the webinterface temporarily or implement a firewall or proxy which can filter malicious characters from requests.
A patch called xss-2.1.0-patch.txt is available:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=103
This issue will be fixed in version 2.1.1.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Manuel Rodriguez
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