TITLE:
Struts Error Message Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17677

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17677/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Apache Struts 1.2.x
http://secunia.com/product/6179/

DESCRIPTION:
Irene Abezgauz has discovered a vulnerability in Struts, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting
attacks.

Input passed in the URL is not properly sanitised before bring
returned to the user in a 404 error message when the requested
resource do not exist. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary
HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of a
vulnerable site.

Example:
http://[host]/[code].do

The vulnerability has been confirmed in Struts version 1.2.7 on
Resin, and has been reported in the same version on WebLogic 8.1 SP4
and SP5.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.2.8.
http://struts.apache.org/download.cgi

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Irene Abezgauz, Hacktics Ltd.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.hacktics.com/AdvStrutsNov05.html

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