SB2012020207 - Cross-site scripting in TWiki

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0979)

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.

An input validation error exists in TWiki when processing organization field in a profile, involving (1) registration or (2) editing of the user. Per: http://secunia.com/advisories/47784 . A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security 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://osvdb.org/78664
• http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/109246/twiki-xss.txt
• http://secunia.com/advisories/47784
• http://st2tea.blogspot.com/2012/01/cross-site-scripting-twiki.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51731
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026604
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72821