[NEWS] Froogle Cross Site Scripting Leads to Cookie Theft

From: SecuriTeam (support_at_securiteam.com)
Date: 01/16/05

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      Froogle Cross Site Scripting Leads to Cookie Theft
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    SUMMARY

     <http://froogle.google.com/> Froogle is "Smart shopping through Google".
    A cross site scripting vulnerability in Froogle, allows a remote attacker
    to steal *.google.com cookies, which among other things are used by
    Gmail's authentication progress.

    DETAILS

    Proof of Concept:
    The following URL can be used to test the vulnerability:
    http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=g&pid=4728103623836774439%22%3E
    %3CSCRIPT%3Ealert%28%22XSS%22%29;%3C/SCRIPT%3E

    Disclosure Timeline:
    2005-01-13 15:00 - Advisory sent to journalists and news agencies
    2005-01-13 15:37 - Email sent to security@google.com
    2005-01-13 21:17 - Issue has been fixed by Google

    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

    The information has been provided by <mailto:goldshlager@gmail.com> Nir
    Goldshlager.

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