Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in DiamondList 0.1.6, and possibly earlier, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) category[description] parameter to user/main/update_category, which is not properly handled by _app/views/categories/index.html.erb; and the (2) setting[site_title] parameter to user/main/update_settings, which is not properly handled by _app/views/settings/_list_settings.rhtml.
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 2
- DiamondList - '/user/main/update_settings?setting[site_title]' Cross-Site Scripting EDB-34413 · webapps · Aug 5, 2010 · verified
- DiamondList - '/user/main/update_category?category[description]' Cross-Site Scripting EDB-34414 · webapps · Aug 5, 2010 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20100805 XSS vulnerability in DiamondList mailing-list
- http://dev.hulihanapplications.com/issues/show/211
- 40873 third-party-advisory
- http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_vulnerability_in_diamondlist_1.html
- 20100805 XSS vulnerability in DiamondList mailing-list
- ADV-2010-2025 vdb-entry
- http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_vulnerability_in_diamondlist.html
- http://dev.hulihanapplications.com/issues/show/213
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/1008-exploits/diamondlist-xssxsrf.txt
- 42252 vdb-entry