[NEWS] vqServer Demo File Cross-Site Scripting

From: support@securiteam.com
Date: 04/22/02 

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Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 08:50:27 +0200 (CEST)

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  vqServer Demo File Cross-Site Scripting
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SUMMARY

 <http://www.vqsoft.com/vq/server/> vqServer, a free Java based
implementation of an HTTP server (that also includes extensive support for
Java servlets and CGI scripts), have been found to contain a cross-site
scripting vulnerability in one of its demo CGIs.

DETAILS

Vulnerable systems:
vqServer version 1.9

One of the examples shipped in a default configuration of vqServer contain
multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.

Example:
http://localhost/cgi/vq/demos/respond.pl?>alert("I%20should%20not%20be%20able%20to%20do%20this!!!")</SCRIPT>

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by <mailto:mattmurphy@kc.rr.com>
Matthew Murphy.

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