[NEWS] Multiple Cross-Site Vulnerabilities Found in Leading Web Sites (IMDB, PlanetQuake, Merriam-Webster)

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Date: 01/15/02 

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Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 12:24:11 +0100 (CET)

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  Multiple Cross-Site Vulnerabilities Found in Leading Web Sites (IMDB,
PlanetQuake, Merriam-Webster)
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SUMMARY

The web sites IMDB, PlanetQuake, and Merriam-Webster suffer from
Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities (CSS). The vulnerability enables
attackers to enter arbitrary JavaScript commands into the output of the
web server; this would allow an attacker to send a specially crafted URL
to victims containing active script, where the URL will look as though it
is coming from the trusted web sites, when in fact they it will be the
attacker's.

DETAILS

Examples:
http://us.imdb.com/ImageView?u=http%3A//images.amazon.com/images/P/"%20%
3eonmouseover=alert(document.domain);>

http://www.planetquake3.net/download.php?op=viewdownloaddetails&lid=469&ttitle=""><script%
20language=javascript>alert (document.domain;</script>
 
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?jackas01.wav=>alert(document.domain);</script>

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by <mailto:kdawg@99years.com> Daryl.

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