PT-2005-5265 · Ipei · Ipei Guestbook

Published 2005-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2005-4597

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions iPei Guestbook version 1.7

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the email parameter in the email field when signing a guestbook. This occurs in the index.php file.

Recommendations For iPei Guestbook version 1.7, as a temporary workaround, consider validating and sanitizing user input for the email parameter to prevent XSS attacks. Restrict access to the email field in the guestbook signing process to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-4597

Affected Products

Ipei Guestbook

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4597 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18241 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/16092 · Note
• http://pridels0.blogspot.com/2005/12/ipei-guestbook-xss-vuln.html · Note
• http://osvdb.org/22118 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23914 · Note