vendor:
MagpieRSS
by:
SecurityFocus
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
HTML-injection
79
CWE
Product Name: MagpieRSS
Affected Version From: 0.72
Affected Version To: 0.72
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
MagpieRSS HTML-injection Vulnerability
MagpieRSS is prone to an HTML-injection vulnerability because the application fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input before using it in dynamically generated content. Attacker-supplied HTML and script code would run in the context of the affected browser, potentially allowing the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials or to control how the site is rendered to the user. Other attacks are also possible.
Mitigation:
Input validation should be used to ensure that untrusted data is not used to generate dynamic content.
