Description
player.swf in LongTail JW Player 5.9 allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via multiple "javascript:" sequences in the debug parameter.
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
- LongTail JW Player - 'debug' Cross-Site Scripting EDB-37205 · webapps · May 16, 2012 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/forums/jw-player/bug-reports/26699/xss-exists-in-debug-functionality
- http://www.wooyun.org/bugs/wooyun-2010-07166
- jwplayer-player-debug-xss(75672) vdb-entry
- 49130 third-party-advisory
- http://developer.longtailvideo.com/trac/ticket/1585
- 53554 vdb-entry
- 20120516 JW player xss security flaw mailing-list