Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities in KnowledgeBank 1.01
Armorize Technologies Security Advisory
Advisory No:
Armorize-ADV-2006-0006
Status:
Partial
Date:
2006/10/19
Summary:
Armorize-ADV-2006-0006 discloses multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities
that are found in KnowledgeBank
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/knowledgebank/), which is a is a PHP/mySQL web
app that allows you to create a searchable database application with
categories, subcategories, and screenshots.
Affected Software:
KnowledgeBank 1.01
Vulnerability Description:
Cross-Site Scripting
Analysis/Impact:
Privacy leakages from the client-side may lead to session hijacking, identity
theft and information theft.
Detection/Exploit(partial):
addknowledge.php
addscreenshot.php
Protection/Solution:
1. Escape every questionable URI and HTML script.
2. Remove prohibited user input.
Credit: Security Team at Armorize Technologies, Inc. (security@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
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