Craig Knudsen WebCalendar up to 1.2.6 category.php cross site scripting

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A vulnerability has been found in Craig Knudsen WebCalendar up to 1.2.6 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the file category.php. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2013-1421. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Craig Knudsen WebCalendar up to 1.2.6 (Calendar Software). This affects an unknown part of the file category.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Craig Knudsen WebCalendar before 1.2.5, 1.2.6, and other versions before 1.2.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Category Name field to category.php.

The weakness was shared 04/22/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared at sourceforge.net. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-1421 since 01/26/2013. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

By approaching the search of inurl:category.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.2.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at OSVDB (90669†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• Calendar Software

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• Craig Knudsen

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• WebCalendar

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.2
• 1.1.3
• 1.1.4
• 1.1.5
• 1.1.6
• 1.2.0
• 1.2.1
• 1.2.2
• 1.2.3
• 1.2.4
• 1.2.6

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