Novell Groupwise WebAccess Cross-Site Scripting
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2 min readJul 19, 2005
.:: SUMMARY
Novell Groupwise WebAccess Cross-Site Scripting
Version: GroupWise 6.5 SP4, It is suspected that all previous versions of Groupwise WebAccess
are vulnerable.
.:: BACKGROUND
GroupWise WebAccess is Novell's premier Intranet/Internet GroupWare solution for the Web.
More info: http://www.novell.com
.:: DESCRIPTION
Remote explotation of Cross-Site Scripting due to failure of the application to properly
sanitize user-supplied input prior to including it in dynamically generated Web content.
To reproduce this, send a e-mail with the following html code:
<IMG SRC="jAvascript:alert(document.cookie)">
It show a simple code of example to execute script in the browser of an unsuspecting user.
This issue may allow for the theft of authentication credentials .
.:: VENDOR RESPONSE
Vendor advisory:
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10098301.htm
Vendor patch:
http://support.novell.com/filefinder/16963/beta.html
The filename is fwa655d.exe
.:: CVE INFORMATION
Id: CAN-2005-2276
Web: http://cve.mitre.org
.:: DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
06/14/2005 Initial vendor notification
06/14/2005 Initial vendor response
07/19/2005 Coordinated public disclosure
.:: CREDIT
Francisco Amato is credited with discovering this vulnerability.
famato][at][infobyte][dot][com][dot][ar
.:: LEGAL NOTICES
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