Vulnerability ID: HTB22357 Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_vulnerability_in_jaws.html Product: Jaws Vendor: Jaws Project Vulnerable Version: 0.8.12 and Probably Prior Versions Vendor Notification: 23 April 2010 Vulnerability Type: XSS (Cross Site Scripting) Status: Not Fixed, Vendor Alerted, Awaiting Vendor Response Risk level: Medium Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA (http://www.htbridge.ch/) Vulnerability Details: User can execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the vulnerable application. The vulnerability exists due to failure in the "edit profile" module to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "URL" parameter. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a compromise of the application, theft of cookie-based authentication credentials, disclosure or modification of sensitive data. An attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability. The following PoC is available: URL= http://google.com/"; style="position:absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; width:100%; top: 0px; right: 0px;" onmouseover="alert(document.cookie)
