The Address Book 1.04e save.php errorMsg cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in The Address Book 1.04e. Impacted is an unknown function of the file save.php. The manipulation of the argument errorMsg results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2006-4577. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in The Address Book 1.04e. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code block of the file save.php. The manipulation of the argument errorMsg with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in The Address Book 1.04e allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via Javascript events in the (1) email, (2) websites, and (3) groupAddName parameters in (a) save.php; the (4) errorMsg parameter in (b) index.php; and the (5) goTo and (6) search parameters in (c) search.php.

The weakness was released 01/03/2007 with Secunia Research (Website). The advisory is shared for download at secunia.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-4577 since 09/06/2006. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

It is declared as highly functional. By approaching the search of inurl:save.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

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 databases at X-Force (31247), SecurityFocus (BID 21870†), OSVDB (32564†) and Secunia (SA21694†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-34121, VDB-34120, VDB-34119 and VDB-34118. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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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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Status: Highly functional
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/06/2006 🔍
12/31/2006 +116 days 🔍
01/03/2007 +3 days 🔍
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01/04/2007 +0 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +2989 days 🔍
09/27/2017 +930 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Organization: Secunia Research
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-4577 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4577
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-34116
X-Force: 31247 - The Address Book index.php and search.php cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 21870 - The Address Book Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 21694 - The Address Book Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 32564 - The Address Book save.php Multiple Parameter XSS

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 09/27/2017 09:16
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (55), 09/27/2017 09:16 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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