Vigil@nce - PHP PEAR: Cross Site Scripting via Proxy Mode
January 2019 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a Cross Site Scripting via Proxy Mode of
PHP PEAR, in order to run JavaScript code in the context of the
web site.
Impacted products: Fedora.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: client access/rights.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 09/11/2018.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The PHP PEAR product offers a web service.
However, it does not filter received data via Proxy Mode before
inserting them in generated HTML documents.
An attacker can therefore trigger a Cross Site Scripting via Proxy
Mode of PHP PEAR, in order to run JavaScript code in the context
of the web site.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/PHP-PEAR-Cross-Site-Scripting-via-Proxy-Mode-27741