eGroupWare: Multiple XSS vulnerabilities

Background

eGroupWare is a suite of web-based group applications including calendar, address book, messenger and email.

Description

Joxean Koret recently discovered multiple cross site scripting vulnerabilities in various modules for the eGroupWare suite. This includes the calendar, address book, messenger and ticket modules.

Impact

These vulnerabilities give an attacker the ability to inject and execute malicious script code, potentially compromising the victim’s browser.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time. All users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest available version of eGroupWare.

Resolution

All eGroupWare users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge sync
 
 # emerge -pv ">=www-apps/egroupware-1.0.00.004"
 # emerge ">=www-apps/egroupware-1.0.00.004"