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TWiki Command Injection and Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

VUPEN ID VUPEN/ADV-2008-3381
CVE ID CVE-2008-5304 - CVE-2008-5305
 
CWE ID Available in VUPEN VNS Customer Area
CVSS V2 Available in VUPEN VNS Customer Area
Rated as High Risk 
Impact Available in VUPEN VNS Customer Area
Authentication Level Available in VUPEN VNS Customer Area
Access Vector Available in VUPEN VNS Customer Area
Release Date 2008-12-09
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Technical Description

Two vulnerabilities have been identified in TWiki, which could be exploited by attackers to gain knowledge of sensitive information or compromise a vulnerable web server.

The first issue is caused by an input validation error when processing the "SEARCH" parameter via an "eval()" call, which could allow remote attackers to inject and execute arbitrary commands.

The second vulnerability is caused by an input validation error when processing the "URLPARAM" parameter, which could be exploited by attackers to cause arbitrary scripting code to be executed by the user's browser in the security context of an affected site.

Affected Products

TWiki versions prior to 4.2.4

Solution 

Upgrade to TWiki version 4.2.4 :
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/DownloadTWiki

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3381
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2008-5304
http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/SecurityAlert-CVE-2008-5305

Credits 

Vulnerabilities reported by Peter Allor (IBM Internet Security Systems), Marc Schoenefeld, and Steve Milner (Red Hat Security Response Team).

Changelog 

2008-12-09 : Initial release

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Monthly Statistics 

 

 VUPEN Security Advisories By Criticality: Aug 2010


  Critical Risk

: 0%

  High Risk
: 0%

  Moderate Risk
: 0%

  Low Risk
: 100%

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