Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Monkey 0.5.0 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the URL or (2) a parameter to test2.pl.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Monkey HTTP Server 0.1/0.4/0.5 - Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities EDB-21880 · remote · Sep 30, 2002 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 5829 vdb-entry
- monkey-url-request-xss(10229) vdb-entry
- 20020930 XSS bug in Monkey (0.5.0) HTTP server mailing-list
- monkey-url-test2pl-xss(10226) vdb-entry