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vendor:
Monkey HTTP Server
by:
SecurityFocus
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
Cross Site Scripting
79
CWE
Product Name: Monkey HTTP Server
Affected Version From: N/A
Affected Version To: N/A
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: N/A
Metasploit: N/A
Other Scripts: N/A
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Nuclei References: N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: N/A
2002

Monkey HTTP Server Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Monkey HTTP server is prone to cross site scripting vulnerabilities. An attacker may exploit this vulnerability by enticing a victim user to follow a malicious link. Attacker-supplied HTML and script code may be executed on a web client visiting the malicious link in the context of the webserver. Attackers may potentially exploit this issue to manipulate web content or to steal cookie-based authentication credentials. It may be possible to take arbitrary actions as the victim user.

Mitigation:

Input validation should be used to prevent malicious HTML and script code from being executed.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5829/info

Monkey HTTP server is prone to cross site scripting vulnerabilities. 

An attacker may exploit this vulnerability by enticing a victim user to follow a malicious link. Attacker-supplied HTML and script code may be executed on a web client visiting the malicious link in the context of the webserver.

Attackers may potentially exploit this issue to manipulate web content or to steal cookie-based authentication credentials. It may be possible to take arbitrary actions as the victim user.

www.victim.com/<script>alert('test');</script>
www.victim.com/cgi-bin/test2.pl?<script>alert('test');</script>