ASPKnowledgeBase Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

vendor:

ASPKnowledgeBase

by:

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

Cross-Site Scripting

CWE

Product Name: ASPKnowledgeBase

Affected Version From: 2.x and prior

Affected Version To: Unknown

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE:

CPE:

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ASPKnowledgeBase Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

ASPKnowledgeBase is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.An attacker may leverage this issue to have arbitrary script code executed in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may facilitate the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials as well as other attacks.

Mitigation:

To mitigate this vulnerability, ensure that user-supplied input is properly sanitized and validated before being used in web applications. Implementing input validation and output encoding can help prevent cross-site scripting attacks.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15734/info

ASPKnowledgeBase is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to have arbitrary script code executed in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may facilitate the theft of cookie-based authentication credentials as well as other attacks.

Versions 2.x and prior are vulnerable; other versions may also be affected. 

http://www.example.com/kb.asp?a=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert('r0t')%3C/script%3E

http://www.example.com/kb.asp?ID=210&a=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert('r0t')%3C/script%3E