Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities in Commercial Interactive Media SCOOP!

vendor:

SCOOP!

by:

5.5

CVSS

MEDIUM

Cross-Site Scripting

CWE

Product Name: SCOOP!

Affected Version From: 2.3

Affected Version To:

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE:

CPE: a:commercial_interactive_media:scoop:2.3

Metasploit:

Other Scripts:

Platforms Tested:

Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities in Commercial Interactive Media SCOOP!

Commercial Interactive Media SCOOP! is prone to multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. These issues are due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.An attacker may leverage these issues 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:

Implement proper input validation and output encoding to prevent cross-site scripting attacks. Regularly update the application to address any reported security vulnerabilities.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16015/info

Commercial Interactive Media SCOOP! is prone to multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. These issues are due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage these issues 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.

Version 2.3 of Commercial Interactive Media SCOOP! is reportedly vulnerable to these issues; other versions may also be affected. 

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