[UNIX] XSS (Cross Site Scripting) on FormMail.CGI

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Date: 01/22/03

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      XSS (Cross Site Scripting) on FormMail.CGI
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    SUMMARY

    A security vulnerability in Math's FormMail allows a remote attacker to
    cause the program to return arbitrary HTML or JavaScript code as if it
    were the web site's. This would allow anything from cookie theft, session
    hijacking, to sensitive information eavesdropping.

    DETAILS

    Vulnerable systems:
     * FormMail version 1.92 and prior
     * FormMail-clone

    Example:
    http://host/cgi-sys/FormMail.cgi?< script>alert("XSS");</script>

    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

    The information has been provided by <mailto:hackargentino@gmx.net> Rynho
    Zeros Web.

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