PHP Live Helper 2.0 Chat.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

2006-05-1200:00:00

Mr-X

www.exploit-db.com

5.8 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

0.004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

68.9%

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PHP Live Helper 2.0 Chat.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability. CVE-2006-2394. Webapps exploit for php platform

source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17960/info

PHP Live Helper is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input. 

An attacker may leverage this issue to have arbitrary script code executed in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

http://www.example.com/chat.php?action=showmain&PHPSESSID=XSS