SNS Vulnerability

TWiki "origurl" Parameter Processing Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in TWiki, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary scripting code. This issue is caused by an input validation error in the login script when processing the "origurl" parameter, which could be exploited by attackers to cause arbitrary scripting code to be executed by the user's browser.

Vulnerable Products

Vulnerable Software:
TWiki versions prior to 5.0.2

Solution

Upgrade to TWiki version 5.0.2 : http://www.twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/DownloadTWiki

CVE

CVE-2011-1838

References

http://www.twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2011-1838

Vulnerability Manager Detection

IPS Protection

ASQ Engine alarm	Available Since
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'iframe' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'meta' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious tag with event found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'applet' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'div' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'style' attribute found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'img' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'a' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : cookie access attempt using script language found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'embed' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'object' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'form' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : javascript code found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : evasion attempt using tag characters encoding in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'style' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Phishing : suspicious 'link' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : 'script' tag found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : 'location' javascript object found in URL	3.2.0
XSS - Prevention - GET : suspicious 'div' tag found in URL	3.2.0

Risk level

Low

Vulnerability First Public Report Date

2011-05-18

Target Type

Client

Possible exploit

Local & Remote