JVN#54593414 Cross-site scripting vulnerability in multiple Tor World CGI scripts

Overview

Multiple Tor World CGI scripts contain a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Products Affected

Tor Search Ver 1.1 and earlier
i-Navigator Ver 4.0
Mobile Frontier Ver 2.1 and earlier
Diary.cgi (aka Quotes of the Day) Ver 1.5 and earlier
Tor News Ver 1.21 and earlier
Simple BBS Ver 1.3 and earlier
Interactive BBS Ver 1.3 and earlier
Tor Board Ver 1.1 and earlier
Simple Vote Ver 1.1 and earlier
Com Vote Ver 1.2 and earlier

For more information, refer to the Tor World's website.

Description

Tor World provides CGI scripts for implementing search engines, message boards, and other tools. Multiple Tor World CGI scripts contain a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Impact

An arbitrary script can be executed on the user's web browser.

Solution

Update the Software
Apply the latest update provided by the vendor.

Vendor Status

Vendor	Status	Last Update	Vendor Notes
Tor World	Vulnerable	2008/02/21

References

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC

Analyzed on 2008.02.21

Measures	Conditions	Severity
Access Required	Routed - can be attacked over the Internet using packets	High
Authentication	None - anonymous or no authentication (IP addresses do not count)	High
User Interaction Required	Simple - the user must be convinced to take a standard action that does not feel harmful to most users, such as click on a link or view a file	Medium
Exploit Complexity	Low - little to no expertise and/or luck required to exploit (cross-site scripting)	High

Description of each analysis measures

Credit

Shuya Ueki reported this vulnerability to IPA.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the vendors under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

Other Information

JPCERT Alert
JPCERT Reports
CERT Advisory
CPNI Advisory
TRnotes
CVE
JVN iPedia	JVNDB-2008-000012