24311 : Andy's PHP Knowledgebase (aphpkb) submit_article.php Multiple Parameter XSS
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
6	526	over 5 years ago	over 2 years ago	2 times	100%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date
2006-03-23	2006-03-27	2006-03-27

Time to Exploit
4 days

Description

Andy's PHP Knowledgebase (aphpkb) contains a flaw that allows a remote cross site scripting attack. This flaw exists because the application does not validate the 'title', 'article', 'author', or 'keywords' variables upon submission to the submit_article.php script, via the POST method. This could allow a user to create a specially crafted URL that would execute arbitrary code in a user's browser within the trust relationship between the browser and the server, leading to a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.59 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Andy Grayndler

Andy's PHP Knowledgebase (aphpkb)

0.57

References

Secunia Advisory ID: 19554
CVE ID: 2006-1438 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 24310 24312
Vendor URL: http://aphpkb.sourceforge.net/
Other Advisory URL: http://osvdb.org/ref/24/24310-aphpkb.txt

Credit

security curmudgeon - attrition.org

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-04-03 | Disagree?

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