Movable Type comment cross-site scripting
| movable-type-comment-xss (12003) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Movable Type is vulnerable to cross-site scripting, caused by improper filtering of user-supplied input. If the "Allow HTML in comments?" option is enabled, a remote attacker could post a comment that contains malicious script embedded within the Name, Email Address, URL or Comments field, which would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site, once the comment is viewed.
Platforms Affected:
- Benjamin Trott and Mena G. Trott, Movable Type 2.63 and prior
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 6, 2008.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon May 12 2003 - 13:26:59 CDT, CSS found in Movable Type at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-05/0125.html.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon May 12 2003 - 15:25:36 CDT, Re: CSS found in Movable Type at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-05/0128.html.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon May 12 2003 - 16:38:34 CDT, Re: CSS found in Movable Type at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-05/0129.html.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Tue May 13 2003 - 08:34:36 CDT, Re: CSS found in Movable Type -- Nope at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-05/0135.html.
- Movable Type Web site, movabletype.org at http://www.movabletype.org/.
- BID-7560: Movable Type Comment Form HTML Code Injection Vulnerability
- CVE-2003-0287: Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Movable Type before 2.6, and possibly other versions including 2.63, allows remote attackers to insert arbitrary web script or HTML via the Name textbox, possibly when the Allow HTML in comments? option is enabled.
Reported:
May 12, 2003
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