XSS Vulnerability in Zend Framework Preview 0.2.0

Armorize Technologies Security Advisory

Advisory No:
Armorize-ADV-2006-0009

Status:
Partial

Date:
2006/11/03

Summary:
Armorize-ADV-2006-0009 discloses cross-site scripting vulnerability that is found in the sample codes of Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/), which aims to provide a complete system for developing web applications powered by PHP 5. It is an architecture for developing entire applications with no other library dependencies. This code will always be actively developed, tested, and supported by Zend and the PHP Collaboration Project.

Affected Software:
ZendFramework Preview 0.2.0

Vulnerability Description:
Cross Site Scripting

Analysis/Impact:
Privacy leakages from the client-side may lead to session hijacking, identity theft and information theft.

Detection/Exploit(partial):
ZendFramework-0.2.0/incubator/tests/Zend/Http/_files/testRedirections.php/?redirection=3&[ANY]=[XSS]

Protection/Solution:

1. Escape every questionable URI and HTML script.
2. Remove prohibited user input.

Credit: Security Team at Armorize Technologies, Inc. ([email protected])

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