SB2011110309 - Stored cross-site scripting in GoAhead Webserver

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Stored cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4273)

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data in the "group" parameter of addgroup.asp, "url" parameter of addlimit.asp and "adduser.asp" User ID parameter. A remote attacker can inject arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/46894
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/384427
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70434