PT-2010-1666 · Yahoo · Yahoo Answers Clone

Published 2010-05-10 · Updated 2010-05-11 · CVE-2009-4858

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 Yahoo Answers Clone (affected versions not specified)

Description A cross-site scripting (XSS) issue exists, allowing remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the questionid parameter in the questiondetail.php file.

Recommendations For all affected versions, consider restricting access to the questiondetail.php file until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the questionid parameter in the affected file to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-4858

Affected Products

Yahoo Answers Clone

References · 4

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/34482 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.org/0908-exploits/yac-xss.txt · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4858 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36239 · Vendor Advisory