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Horde Parent Page Title Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks for parent page title XSS vulnerability in Horde

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

The remote web server contains a PHP script that is prone to a cross-
site scripting attack.

Description :

The version of Horde installed on the remote host suffers from a
cross-site scripting vulnerability in which a possible hacker can inject
arbitrary HTML and script code via the page title of a parent frame,
enabling him to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and
perform other such attacks.

See also :

http://lists.horde.org/archives/announce/2005/000176.html

Solution :

Upgrade to Horde version 3.0.4 or later.

Network Security Threat Level:

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

Networks Security ID: 12943

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Tenable Network Security

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