Vulnerability Assessment & Network Security Forums



If through a vulnerability assessment, a network security issue is detected for the vulnerability below, applying the appropriate security patches in a timely matter is very important.  If you have detected that your system has already been compromised, following CERT's Network Security recovery document will assist with recommended steps for system recovery.


Home >> Browse Vulnerability Assessment Database >> CGI abuses : XSS >> ColdFusion Cross-Site Scripting Protection Bypass Vulnerability


Vulnerability Assessment Details

ColdFusion Cross-Site Scripting Protection Bypass Vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for an XSS flaw in ColdFusion

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

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

Description :

The remote web server contains a script that fails to completely
sanitize user input before using it to generate dynamic content. An
unauthenticated remote attacker may be able to leverage this issue to
inject arbitrary HTML or script code into a user's browser to be
executed within the security context of the affected site.

See also :

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-12/0203.html

Solution :

Unknown at this time.

Network Security Threat Level:

Low / CVSS Base Score : 2
(AV:R/AC:H/Au:NR/C:N/I:P/A:N/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 21532

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

Mainframe, DEC, VAX, AS 400

Discussions

No Discussions have been posted on this vulnerability.