JVN#76669770 PerlMailer cross-site scripting vulnerability

Overview

PerlMailer is a mail form CGI provided by "Homepage Decorator". A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in PerlMailer.

Products Affected

PerlMailer 3.01 and earlier

Description

PerlMailer is a mail form CGI provided by "Homepage Decorator". It is used to send mail from a form on a web page. A cross-site scripting vulnerabiltiy exists in PerlMailer.

Impact

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

Solution

Update the Software
Update to the latest version according to the information provided by the developer.

Vendor Status

Vendor	Status	Last Update	Vendor Notes
Homepage Decorator	Vulnerable	2008/03/27

References

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC

Analyzed on 2008.03.27

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

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Credit

Other Information

JPCERT Alert
JPCERT Reports
CERT Advisory
CPNI Advisory
TRnotes
CVE
JVN iPedia	JVNDB-2008-000019