ID:4210 - Exploit for Cross-site scripting in PivotX - CVE-2011-0772

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Vulnerability description

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

An input validation error exists in PivotX 2.2.0, and possibly other versions before 2.2.2, when processing the (1) color parameter to includes/blogroll.php or (2) src parameter to includes/timwrapper.php. 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