Vulnerability ID: HTB22731 Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_vulnerability_in_habari.html Product: Habari Vendor: Habari ( http://habariproject.org/en/ ) Vulnerable Version: 0.6.5 Vendor Notification: 02 December 2010 Vulnerability Type: XSS (Cross Site Scripting) Status: Fixed by Vendor 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 "/system/admin/dash_additem.php" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "additem_form" variable when register_globals is on. 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. Attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability. The following PoC is available: http://[host]/system/admin/dash_additem.php?additem_form=<script>alert('XSS');</script> Solution: Upgrade to the most recent version
