Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in session.cgi (aka the login page) in Google Urchin 5 5.7.03 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query string, a different vulnerability than CVE-2007-4713. NOTE: this can be leveraged to capture login credentials in some browsers that support remembered (auto-completed) passwords.
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
- Urchin 5.7.x - 'session.cgi' Cross-Site Scripting EDB-30606 · webapps · Sep 24, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://securityvulns.ru/Sdocument90.html
- 38578 vdb-entry
- http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070823/xss-and-possible-information-disclosure-in-urchin/
- 20070924 Google Urchin password theft madness mailing-list
- http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/google-urchin-password-theft-madness
- http://websecurity.com.ua/1283/
- 20071010 Vulnerabilities digest mailing-list
- 3177 third-party-advisory
- http://hackademix.net/2007/09/24/googhole-xss-pwning-gmail-picasa-and-almost-200k-customers/
- 25788 vdb-entry