Re: XSS vulnerability in PortalApp

Cross Site Scripting Penetration Testing Ethical Hacking 14 June Vulnerability Details Vulnerable Version On Tue Vulnerability Type Vendor Notification exploitation High-Tech Bridge Probably Prior Versions Not Fixed Vendor Alerted Awaiting Vendor Response

This was already disclosed on 2008-01-06 (CVE-2008-4612) in version 4.0.


On Tue, 29 Jun 2010, advisory@htbridge.ch wrote:

: Vulnerability ID: HTB22442
: Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_vulnerability_in_portalapp_1.html
: Product: PortalApp
: Vendor: Latek
: Vulnerable Version: 4.0 and Probably Prior Versions
: Vendor Notification: 14 June 2010 
: Vulnerability Type: XSS (Cross Site Scripting)
: Status: Not Fixed, Vendor Alerted, Awaiting Vendor Response
: Risk level: Medium 
: Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing (http://www.htbridge.ch/) 
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: Vulnerability Details:
: User can execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the vulnerable application.
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: The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "/content.asp" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "keywords" variable. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a compromise of the application, theft of cookie-based authentication credentials, disclosure or modification of sensitive data.
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: An attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability. The following PoC is available:
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: http://host/content.asp?CatId=&ContentType=&keywords=sd%27%22+style=position:absolute;left:0;top:0;width:100%25;height:100%25;+onmouseover=alert%28123%29+x&search=%3E&do_search=1
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