AWStats Input Validation Hole in Displaying Action Attribute Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1020704 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1020704
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2008-3714
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: Aug 27 2008
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Original Entry Date: Aug 18 2008
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Impact:
Disclosure of authentication information, Disclosure of user information, Execution of arbitrary code via network, Modification of user information
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes Exploit Included: Yes
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Version(s): prior to 6.9
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in AWStats. A remote user can conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
The software does not properly filter HTML code from user-supplied input before displaying the input. A remote user can create a specially crafted URL that, when loaded by a target user, will cause arbitrary scripting code to be executed by the target user's browser. The code will originate from the site running the AWStats software and will run in the security context of that site. As a result, the code will be able to access the target user's cookies (including authentication cookies), if any, associated with the site, access data recently submitted by the target user via web form to the site, or take actions on the site acting as the target user.
A demonstration exploit URL is provided:
http://[target]/awstats/awstats.pl?config=www.example.com&%22onload=%22alert(document.domain)//
Morgan Todd reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can access the target user's cookies (including authentication cookies), if any, associated with the site running the AWStats software, access data recently submitted by the target user via web form to the site, or take actions on the site acting as the target user.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fixed version (6.9).
The vendor's advisory is available at:
http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/awstats_changelog.txt
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Vendor URL: awstats.sourceforge.net/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Input validation error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any), Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:28:50 -0400
Subject: AWStats
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> - Fix: Security fix 2001151.
http://awstats.sourceforge.net/docs/awstats_changelog.txt
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