6th Apr 2003 [SBWID-6101]
COMMAND
Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Ceilidh testcgi.exe
SYSTEMS AFFECTED
Ceilidh 2.70 and prior [http://www.lilikoi.com]
PROBLEM
Thanks to Gregory Le Bras | Security Corporation
[[email protected]], advisory [SCSA-013] :
http://www.security-corp.org/index.php?ink=4-15-1
http://www.security-corporation.com/index.php?id=advisories&a=013-FR
DESCRIPTION
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"Ceilidh is a Web-based threaded discussion engine that features
automatic text to HTML conversion, file attachment, e-mail
notification, automatic message expiration, multiple levels of security
and much more."
(direct quote from http://www.lilikoi.com)
DETAILS & EXPLOITS
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? Cross Site Scripting :
A exploitable bug was found on Ceilidh which cause script execution on
client's computer by following a crafted url.
This kind of attack known as "Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability" is
present in testcgi.exe file, an attacker can input specially crafted
links and/or other malicious scripts.
- Exploits :
http://[target]/cgi-bin/testcgi.exe?[hostile_code]
The hostile code could be :
[script]alert("Cookie="+document.cookie)[/script]
(open a window with the cookie of the visitor.)
(replace [] by <>)
SOLUTION
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