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Vulnerability Assessment Details

Chora common-footer.inc Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for cross-site scripting vulnerability in Chora common-footer.inc

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote web server is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting
vulnerability.

Description :

According to its version, the remote installation of Chora fails to
fully sanitize user-supplied input when setting the parent frame's
page title by javascript in 'templates/common-footer.inc'. By
leveraging this flaw, a possible hacker may be able to inject arbitrary HTML
and script code into a user's browser to be executed in the context of
the affected web site, thereby resulting in the theft of session
cookies and similar attacks.

Solution :

Upgrade to Chora 1.2.3 or later.

Network Security Threat Level:

Low / CVSS Base Score : 3
(AV:R/AC:H/Au:NR/C:P/A:N/I:N/B:C)

Networks Security ID: 13364

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2007 Tenable Network Security

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