Computer Associates SiteMinder - '%00' Cross-Site Scripting Protection Security Bypass

EDB-ID:

33178




Platform:

PHP

Date:

2009-06-08


source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36086/info

Computer Associates SiteMinder is prone to a security-bypass vulnerability because it fails to properly validate user-supplied input.

An attacker can exploit this issue to bypass cross-site scripting protections. Successful exploits can aid in further attacks.

We don't know which versions of SiteMinder are affected. We will update this BID when more details become available. 

http://www.example.com/app/function?foo=bar%00<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>