A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Kadu 0.9.0/0.10.0/0.11.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the History Window implementation in Kadu 0.9.0 through 0.11.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted (1) SMS message, (2) presence message, or (3) status description.

The weakness was disclosed 02/29/2012 (Website). The advisory is shared at gitorious.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-1410 since 02/28/2012. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 217047 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2006-7248), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (217047). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• 0.9.0
• 0.10.0
• 0.11.0

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