[Full-disclosure] XSS Vulnerability in AuthentiX
Chris Castaldo
chris.castaldo at gmail.com
Tue Feb 26 19:56:01 GMT 2008
Description:
"Form-based or 100% cookie-free "Basic Authentication" website
protection while keeping your NT Users Names and Passwords private.
Protect all files, not just ASP pages. Validate against internal
database, text file or external ODBC datasource." - www.flicks.com
Summary:
The AuthentiX administration page suffers from XSS vulnerabilities. By
default the /aspAdmin page is not accessible by remote users.
Example:
https://www.HOST.com/aspAdmin/editUser.asp?username=%3CMETA%20HTTP-EQUIV=%22refresh%22%20CONTENT=%220;%20URL=http://www.google.com/%22%3E
Vendor Contact:
20080222 Vulnerability discovered/
20080225 Vendor contacted and responded same day.
Fix:
Vendor recommends to not allow the admin page to be accessible
remotely. If remote accessibility is required then password protect the
/aspAdmin directory.
Discovered by:
William Hicks & Chris Castaldo
Full-Disclosure is hosted and sponsored by Secunia.