JVN#95249468 Fresh Reader RSS feed cross-site scripting vulnerability

Overview

Fresh Reader from sidefeed, Inc. is a server-side web application that manages RSS information. Fresh Reader contains an RSS feed cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Products Affected

Fresh Reader Ver 1.0.06053100 and earlier

For more information, refer to the vendor's website.

Description

Impact

An arbitrary script could be executed on the web browser of a Fresh Reader user.

Solution

Vendor Status

Vendor	Status	Last Update	Vendor Notes
sidefeed, Inc.	Vulnerable	2007/01/18

References

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC

Analyzed on 2007.01.18

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-Medium - some expertise and/or luck required (most buffer overflows, guessing correctly in small space, expertise in Windows function calls)	Medium-High

Description of each analysis measures

Credit

Daiki Fukumori of Secure Sky Technology, Inc. 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-2007-000071