Overview
The "viewfile" command provided by Caucho Resin contains a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the "file" parameter.
Description
Caucho Resin is a Java-based application server. The "viewfile" command that is provided with the Resin documentation is vulnerable to XSS via the "file" parameter. |
Impact
A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary script within the context of the Resin web pages. |
Solution
Apply an update This issue is resolved in Resin 3.0.25 and 3.1.4. Note that the vendor does not recommend including the Resin documentation on production web servers, which would prevent the vulnerable command from being exposed. |
Vendor Information
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CVSS Metrics
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References
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Tomasz Kuczynski for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Will Dormann.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2008-2462 |
| Severity Metric: | 5.94 |
| Date Public: | 2007-12-05 |
| Date First Published: | 2008-06-25 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2008-06-25 20:50 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 2 |