HTB22788: XSS in Pivotx

[advisory () htbridge ch]

Vulnerability ID: HTB22788
Reference: http://www.htbridge.ch/advisory/xss_in_pivotx.html
Product: Pivotx
Vendor: Pivotx Team ( http://pivotx.net/ ) 
Vulnerable Version: 2.2.0
Vendor Notification: 11 January 2011 
Vulnerability Type: XSS (Cross Site Scripting)
Status: Awaiting Vendor Solution
Risk 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 "/includes/blogroll.php" script to properly sanitize user-supplied input 
in "color" 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.

The following PoC is available:


http://[host]/includes/blogroll.php?id=1&color=123;}</style><script>alert("XSS");</script>|