Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in phpstats 0.1_alpha, CVE-2008-0125

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Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in phpstats 0.1_alpha, CVE-2008-0125

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0125
http://www.michael-wagner.de/software/phpstats/

Description

phpstats is a tool creating statistic information about a file tree. Note that
the name is ambigious, there's more than one tool called phpstats.
The application is vulnerable to simple Cross Site Scripting, which can be
used to steal authentication information from other webapps if they're
installed on the same hostname.

Example

Assuming phpstats is installed on http://localhost/phpstats/, one can inject
JavaScript with:

http://localhost/phpstats/phpstats.php?baseDir=<script>alert(1)</script>&mode=run

Workaround/Fix

Don't use phpstats on a hostname where other web applications are installed.
Vendor has not replied and not fixed the issue yet.

Disclosure Timeline

2008-02-13 Vendor contacted
2008-03-17 Published advisory

CVE Information

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned the name
CVE-2008-0125 to this issue. This is a candidate for inclusion in the CVE
list (http://cve.mitre.org/), which standardizes names for security problems.

Credits and copyright

This vulnerability was discovered by Hanno Boeck of schokokeks.org webhosting.
It's licensed under the creative commons attribution license.

Hanno Boeck, 2008-03-17, http://www.hboeck.de

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