Project Open cross-site scripting vulnerability

Overview

Project Open ]po[ version 3.4 and possibly earlier versions suffer from a reflective cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the account-closed.tcl script

Description

The XSS vulnerability (CWE-79) is contained within the message parameter in the account-closed.tcl script.

http://[HOST]/register/account-closed?message=[arbitrary-JavaScript]

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Impact

An attacker may be able to execute arbitrary Javascript in the context of the user’s browser.

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Solution

We are currently unaware of a practical solution to this problem.

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Vendor Information

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Project Open Affected

Notified: January 19, 2012 Updated: February 01, 2012

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

We have not received a statement from the vendor.

Vendor Information

We are not aware of further vendor information regarding this vulnerability.

CVSS Metrics

Group	Score	Vector
Base	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Temporal	3.5	E:POC/RL:U/RC:UC
Environmental	0.9	CDP:ND/TD:L/CR:ND/IR:ND/AR:ND

References

• <http://www.project-open.com>
• <http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/109388/projectopen-xss.txt&gt;
• <http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html&gt;

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Michail Poultsakis for reporting this vulnerability.

This document was written by Jared Allar.

Other Information

CVE IDs:	CVE-2012-1027
Severity Metric:	0.05 Date Public: