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Cherokee Error Page Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA10701
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Release Date:
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2004-01-26
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Popularity:
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6,318 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Cross Site Scripting
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Cherokee 0.x
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Description:
César Fernández has identified a vulnerability in Cherokee, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Requested URLs are included in returned error pages without prior sanitation of the input, which can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of a vulnerable site.
Example:
http://[vulnerable_server]/<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>
Solution:
Update to version 0.4.8.
http://www.alobbs.com/cherokee/download
Provided and/or discovered by:
César Fernández
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