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vendor:
MyNews
by:
SecurityFocus
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
Cross-Site Scripting
79
CWE
Product Name: MyNews
Affected Version From: 1.6.2004
Affected Version To: Prior Versions
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: N/A
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
2008

MyNews Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

MyNews is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. An attacker may leverage this 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.

Mitigation:

Input validation and output encoding can help mitigate the risk of XSS attacks.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27652/info

MyNews is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

An attacker may leverage this 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.

MyNews 1.6.4 and prior versions are vulnerable.

http://www.example.com/index.php?hash="><iframe src=http://www.example2.com/ height=500px width=500px></iframe><!--&do=admin http://www.example.com/index.php?hash="><script>alert(1337);</script><!--&do=admin