AJAX Chat Directory Traversal and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

vendor:

AJAX Chat

by:

SecurityFocus

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

Directory Traversal and Cross-Site Scripting

22, 79

CWE

Product Name: AJAX Chat

Affected Version From: 0.1

Affected Version To: 0.1

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:ajax_chat:ajax_chat

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: N/A

2006

AJAX Chat Directory Traversal and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

AJAX Chat is prone to both a directory-traversal vulnerability and a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker can exploit the directory-traversal issue to retrieve arbitrary files from the vulnerable system in the context of the affected application. The attacker may also leverage the cross-site scripting issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to ensure that user-supplied input is properly sanitized.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19238/info

AJAX Chat is prone to both a directory-traversal vulnerability and a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. 

An attacker can exploit the directory-traversal issue to retrieve arbitrary files from the vulnerable system in the context of the affected application. Information obtained may aid in further attacks.

The attacker may also leverage the cross-site scripting issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

These issues affect AJAX Chat 0.1; other versions may also be vulnerable.

http://www.server.com/includes/operator_chattranscript.php?chatid=../../../../../../etc/passwd%00