Lycos htmlGEAR guestGEAR cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Lycos htmlGEAR guestGEAR. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2006-2808. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Lycos htmlGEAR guestGEAR (version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Lycos Tripod htmlGEAR guestGEAR (aka Guest Gear) allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a guestbook post containing a javascript URI in the SRC attribute of the BR element after an extra "iframe" tagname within that element, followed by a double ">", which might bypass cleansing operations.

The weakness was published 06/05/2006 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-2808 since 06/05/2006. 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.

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

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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06/05/2006 🔍
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03/12/2015 +3202 days 🔍
09/16/2017 +919 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-2808 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2808
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30625

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 09/16/2017 10:36
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (39), 09/16/2017 10:36 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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